{"conversationCode":"278-027","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-027","startDateTime":"1971-09-12T20:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-12T20:58:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Sep-1971","startTime":"4:55 PM","endDate":"12-Sep-1971","endTime":"4:58 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 4:55 pm and 4:58 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-027 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. 278-27\n\nDate: September 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:55 pm and 4:58 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 8-94]","filename":["278-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:38:53","tapeEnd":"00:39:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"278-026","nextCode":"278-028","transcript":[{"start":5.63,"end":9.75,"text":"I'll try to trick her into her apartment."},{"start":10.01,"end":10.25,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a personal call, specifically requesting assistance in connecting with an individual. The brief exchange focused on coordinating this communication and managing the logistics of reaching the intended party. No broader policy or administrative developments resulted from this brief interaction.","topics":["White House communications","Logistics","Personal outreach"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:57:23.276Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","logistics","personal-outreach"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-027.mp3","bytes":428199,"durationSec":10.56,"bitrate":324446,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}