{"conversationCode":"279-022","tapeNumber":279,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-279-022","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T18:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T20:53:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"2:39 PM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"4:53 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 2:39 pm and 4:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-022 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. 279-22\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:39 pm and 4:53 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n     President’s prior conversation with an unknown person\n\n     Instructions","filename":["279-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:45:51","tapeEnd":"02:50:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"279-021","nextCode":"279-023","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":11.96,"text":"Oh, that's right, that's right."},{"start":12.04,"end":17.56,"text":"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a discussion with an unidentified individual that serves as a continuation of a prior exchange. The dialogue reflects a direct disagreement or the correction of misinformation, marked by the participant’s repetitive denial of a specific point. Due to the fragmented nature of the transcript, no substantive policy decisions or actionable directives can be discerned beyond the internal tension of the communication.","topics":["Communication","Conflict","White House Administration","Presidential Records"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:03:47.584Z"},"topicSlugs":["communication","conflict","white-house-administration","presidential-records"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"279-022.mp3","bytes":807513,"durationSec":20.04,"bitrate":322390,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/279-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/279/conversation-279-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}