{"conversationCode":"278-031","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-031","startDateTime":"1971-09-12T21:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-12T21:33:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Sep-1971","startTime":"5:31 PM","endDate":"12-Sep-1971","endTime":"5:33 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 5:31 pm and 5:33 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-031 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. 278-31\n\nDate: September 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:31 pm and 5:33 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 8-101]","filename":["278-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:50:51","tapeEnd":"00:51:06","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"278-030","nextCode":"278-032","transcript":[{"start":5.27,"end":9.78,"text":"See if you can just get a message to her on the ship."},{"start":9.8,"end":14.96,"text":"Area 7 o'clock tonight ABC."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a communication to an unidentified individual currently aboard a ship. He also provided instructions regarding a scheduled 7:00 PM broadcast on ABC. This brief exchange served to coordinate presidential messaging and media engagement.","topics":["Communication","ABC broadcast","Media coordination","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:57:45.617Z"},"topicSlugs":["communication","abc-broadcast","media-coordination","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-031.mp3","bytes":642403,"durationSec":15.93,"bitrate":322563,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}