{"conversationCode":"278-012","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-012","startDateTime":"1971-09-09T18:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-09T18:05:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Sep-1971","startTime":"2:03 PM","endDate":"9-Sep-1971","endTime":"2:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 9, 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 2:03 pm and 2:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-012 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. 278-12\n\nDate: September 9, 1971\n\nTime: Unknown between 2:03 pm and 2:05 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 8-71]","filename":["278-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:17:04","tapeEnd":"00:17:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"278-011","nextCode":"278-013","transcript":[{"start":5.28,"end":5.49,"text":"Eric."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief interaction with the White House operator, specifically requesting to be connected to an individual named Eric. The exchange serves as a routine administrative task to facilitate a telephonic communication. No further policy-related discussions or significant decisions occur during this short recording.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Administrative logistics","Eric"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:56:01.602Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-logistics","eric"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-012.mp3","bytes":367595,"durationSec":9.06,"bitrate":324538,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}