{"conversationCode":"279-038","tapeNumber":279,"conversationNumber":38,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-279-038","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T22:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T22:31:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"6:25 PM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"6:31 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 6:25 pm and 6:31 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-038 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. 279-38\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:25 pm and 6:31 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator [?]\n\n     The President's call to an unknown person","filename":["279-038.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:25:23","tapeEnd":"03:26:16","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"279-037","nextCode":"279-039","transcript":[{"start":2.52,"end":5.17,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":5.23,"end":5.33,"text":"Fine."},{"start":5.45,"end":6.7,"text":"No, no, not necessary."},{"start":6.88,"end":10.03,"text":"No, I'll read that thing."},{"start":10.07,"end":13.52,"text":"No, I'll read a little bit of everything."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon interacts with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to an unidentified party. During the brief exchange, Nixon confirms his intent to review specific reading materials rather than requiring additional assistance or briefing. This recording captures a routine logistical moment in the President's administrative workflow.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential communications","administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:05:17.158Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-communications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"279-038.mp3","bytes":552558,"durationSec":13.67,"bitrate":323296,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/279-038.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-038","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/279/conversation-279-038","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}