{"conversationCode":"278-046","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":46,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-046","startDateTime":"1971-09-16T13:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-16T14:33:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1971","startTime":"9:20 AM","endDate":"16-Sep-1971","endTime":"10:33 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 16, 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 9:20 am and 10:33 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-046 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. 278-46\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:20 am and 10:33 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 9-35]","filename":["278-046.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:02:08","tapeEnd":"02:02:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"278-045","nextCode":"278-047","transcript":[{"start":3.56,"end":7.01,"text":"But if you'll please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The interaction was limited to administrative coordination regarding telephone connectivity. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","administrative coordination","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:59:08.037Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-coordination","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-046.mp3","bytes":303856,"durationSec":7.47,"bitrate":325465,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-046.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-046","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-046","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}