{"conversationCode":"278-062","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":62,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-062","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); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On September 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) 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 278-062 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. 278-62\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:50 am and 1:45 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n     Photograph\n          -Description\n               -Astronauts\n\n                     -Commander and crew","filename":["278-062.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:10:14","tapeEnd":"03:10:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"278-061","nextCode":"278-063","transcript":[{"start":0.29,"end":3.07,"text":"I have a picture and a very brief sketch on the Jastrow house."},{"start":4.07,"end":5.35,"text":"You know what I mean?"},{"start":5.37,"end":13.96,"text":"I didn't look at them and I don't reckon, I want to be sure, I don't want to switch."},{"start":14.02,"end":25.72,"text":"All I want is who was the commander, who was the other guy on there, who was the third, you know, no pager, I understand, you call on one page."},{"start":25.8,"end":25.94,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with an associate to clarify the identification of astronauts featured in a specific photograph. He requested details regarding the names of the mission commander and the crew members to ensure the accuracy of the information provided. The primary goal of the exchange was to verify the subjects in the image before proceeding with further use of the material.","topics":["Astronauts","NASA","Identification","Photography","Space program"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:00:39.286Z"},"topicSlugs":["astronauts","nasa","identification","photography","space-program"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-062.mp3","bytes":1050958,"durationSec":26.15,"bitrate":321547,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-062.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-062","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-062","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}