{"conversationCode":"279-040","tapeNumber":279,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-279-040","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 279-040 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. 279-40\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[See Conversation No. 9-129]","filename":["279-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:26:41","tapeEnd":"03:26:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"279-039","nextCode":"279-041","transcript":[{"start":2.08,"end":2.58,"text":"I believe so."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to establish communication with an external party. No significant policy decisions or substantive discussions occurred during this exchange.","topics":["White House operator","telephone communications","administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:05:27.824Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telephone-communications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"279-040.mp3","bytes":241178,"durationSec":5.88,"bitrate":328247,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.614Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/279-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/279/conversation-279-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}