{"conversationCode":"276-005","tapeNumber":276,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-276-005","startDateTime":"1971-09-10T19:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-10T19:53:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Sep-1971","startTime":"3:51 PM","endDate":"10-Sep-1971","endTime":"3:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:51 pm and 3:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 276-005 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 276-5\n\nDate: September 10, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:51 pm and 3:53 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 8-83]","filename":["276-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:41:00","tapeEnd":"00:41:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"276-004","nextCode":"276-006","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":7.21,"text":"Here you are, Mr. Laurent."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection with an individual identified as Mr. Laurent. The brief exchange served as a logistical bridge to initiate a separate, substantive conversation between the President and the requested party. No policy matters or further developments were addressed during this short administrative interaction.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Logistics","Executive communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:50:40.118Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","logistics","executive-communication"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"276-005.mp3","bytes":299677,"durationSec":7.36,"bitrate":325734,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/276-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/276-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/276/conversation-276-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}