{"conversationCode":"277-019","tapeNumber":277,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-277-019","startDateTime":"1971-09-15T19:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-15T20:15:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Sep-1971","startTime":"3:15 PM","endDate":"15-Sep-1971","endTime":"4:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 15, 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 3:15 pm and 4:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 277-019 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. 277-19\n\nDate: September 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:15 pm and 4:15 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 9-26]","filename":["277-019-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:50:12","tapeEnd":"01:50:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"277-018","nextCode":"277-020","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief exchange focused exclusively on establishing a telephonic connection to a secondary party. No policy discussions or significant administrative decisions were recorded during this interaction.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:53:39.526Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"277-019-splice.mp3","bytes":256671,"durationSec":16.01,"bitrate":128230,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:30.631Z","originalFilename":["277a.mp3","277b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["277a.mp3"],"cutStart":6623.5,"cutEnd":6639.5,"adjustedStart":6623.5,"adjustedEnd":6639.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:30.631Z"},"transcript":[{"start":6632.14,"end":6632.84,"text":"Come on, please."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":6625,"end":6638,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","transcriptPrev":{"segments":1,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T05:47:23.560Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/277-019-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/277-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/277/conversation-277-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}