{"conversationCode":"278-023","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-023","startDateTime":"1971-09-12T20:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-12T20:31:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Sep-1971","startTime":"4:31 PM","endDate":"12-Sep-1971","endTime":"4:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:31 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-023 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. 278-23\n\nDate: September 12, 1971\nTime: 4:31 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 8-88]","filename":["278-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:33:36","tapeEnd":"00:33:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"278-022","nextCode":"278-024","transcript":[{"start":4.22,"end":9.45,"text":"Please don't get a lot of the social function."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to limit the inclusion of social functions in his call logs and scheduling. This request reflects his desire to prioritize substantive official business over personal or ceremonial engagements. No further administrative actions were recorded during this brief directive.","topics":["White House operations","administrative procedures","scheduling","presidential directives"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:57:01.568Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","administrative-procedures","scheduling","presidential-directives"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-023.mp3","bytes":391628,"durationSec":9.66,"bitrate":324384,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}