{"conversationCode":"278-049","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":49,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-049","startDateTime":"1971-09-16T14:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-16T14:48:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1971","startTime":"10:34 AM","endDate":"16-Sep-1971","endTime":"10:48 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 10:34 am and 10:48 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-049 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. 278-49\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:34 am and 10:48 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 9-37]","filename":["278-049.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:09:36","tapeEnd":"02:10:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"278-048","nextCode":"278-050","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":7.89,"text":"You have any aid there, please?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a connection to another party. The brief interaction focused on technical assistance for an outgoing communication. No substantive policy matters or major decisions were addressed during this exchange.","topics":["White House communications","telephony","Presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:59:25.373Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telephony","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-049.mp3","bytes":332069,"durationSec":8.17,"bitrate":324985,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-049.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-049","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-049","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}