{"conversationCode":"278-061","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":61,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-061","startDateTime":"1971-09-16T15:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-16T17:45:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1971","startTime":"11:50 AM","endDate":"16-Sep-1971","endTime":"1:45 PM","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 11:50 am and 1:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-061 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. 278-61\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:50 am and 1:45 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 9-41]","filename":["278-061.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:10:07","tapeEnd":"03:10:14","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"278-060","nextCode":"278-062","transcript":[{"start":3.35,"end":4.93,"text":"What do you want, sir?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator in his Old Executive Office Building workspace. The brief exchange focused on administrative communication needs to facilitate upcoming phone calls. No major policy developments occurred during this routine operational interaction.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:00:33.852Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-061.mp3","bytes":240118,"durationSec":5.85,"bitrate":328240,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-061.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-061","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-061","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}