{"conversationCode":"278-025","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":25,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-025","startDateTime":"1971-09-12T20:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-12T20:37:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Sep-1971","startTime":"4:31 PM","endDate":"12-Sep-1971","endTime":"4:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 4:31 pm and 4:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-025 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. 278-25\n\nDate: September 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:31 pm and 4:37 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis or Robert H. Finch","filename":["278-025.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:33:57","tapeEnd":"00:34:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"278-024","nextCode":"278-026","transcript":[{"start":3.57,"end":4.15,"text":"Come on."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to either Hobart D. Lewis or Robert H. Finch. The interaction was brief, serving strictly as an administrative request to facilitate communication with one of these two individuals. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Robert H. Finch","Hobart D. Lewis","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:57:12.204Z"},"topicSlugs":["robert-h-finch","hobart-d-lewis","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-025.mp3","bytes":191007,"durationSec":4.63,"bitrate":330135,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-025.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-025","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-025","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}