{"conversationCode":"279-023","tapeNumber":279,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-279-023","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); White House operator;","description":"On September 22, 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 2:39 pm and 4:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-023 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. 279-23\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:39 pm and 4:53 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 9-119]","filename":["279-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:50:56","tapeEnd":"02:51:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"279-022","nextCode":"279-024","transcript":[{"start":3.37,"end":7.27,"text":"You've got to make it up to her."},{"start":7.31,"end":8.86,"text":"You can't."},{"start":9,"end":9.36,"text":"You can't."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator regarding a sensitive personal matter involving an unidentified third party. The dialogue focuses on the apparent impossibility of reconciling a strained relationship. No policy decisions were made, as the exchange remained restricted to the President's informal interpersonal concerns.","topics":["Personal affairs","White House operations","Interpersonal relations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:03:53.205Z"},"topicSlugs":["personal-affairs","white-house-operations","interpersonal-relations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"279-023.mp3","bytes":387464,"durationSec":9.56,"bitrate":324390,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/279-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/279/conversation-279-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}