{"conversationCode":"277-022","tapeNumber":277,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-277-022","startDateTime":"1971-09-15T20:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-15T20:44:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Sep-1971","startTime":"4:38 PM","endDate":"15-Sep-1971","endTime":"4:44 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 4:38 pm and 4:44 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 277-022 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. 277-22\n\nDate: September 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:38 pm and 4:44 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 9-28]","filename":["277-022-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:03:10","tapeEnd":"02:03:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"277-021","nextCode":"277-023","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief exchange focused exclusively on establishing a connection with another party. No substantive policy discussions or major administrative decisions occurred during this interaction.","topics":["White House communications","Presidential operations","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:53:55.399Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","presidential-operations","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"277-022-splice.mp3","bytes":368684,"durationSec":23.01,"bitrate":128160,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:30.713Z","originalFilename":["277a.mp3","277b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["277b.mp3"],"cutStart":7548.5,"cutEnd":7571.5,"adjustedStart":7548.5,"adjustedEnd":7571.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:30.713Z"},"transcript":[{"start":7563.54,"end":7566,"text":"Shells, please."},{"start":7567.7,"end":7568.1,"text":"Hello."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":7550,"end":7570,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","transcriptPrev":{"segments":2,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T05:47:24.017Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/277-022-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/277-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/277/conversation-277-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}