{"conversationCode":"279-016","tapeNumber":279,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-279-016","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T17:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T18:37:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"1:50 PM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"2:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On September 22, 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 1:50 pm and 2:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-016 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. 279-16\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:50 pm and 2:37 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/05/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[279-016-w001]\n[Duration: 11s]\n\n       The President's schedule\n              -Time\n\n**********************************************************************","filename":["279-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"279-015","nextCode":"279-017","transcript":[{"start":1.22,"end":1.29,"text":"Oh. 2.45."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to coordinate his professional schedule. The brief discussion focused specifically on confirming the timing for a 2:45 appointment. No other substantive policy matters or decisions were recorded during this segment.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Time management","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:03:13.392Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","time-management","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"279-016.mp3","bytes":739595,"durationSec":18.36,"bitrate":322289,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/279-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/279/conversation-279-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}