{"conversationCode":"279-045","tapeNumber":279,"conversationNumber":45,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-279-045","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T22:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T22:55:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"6:51 PM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"6:55 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 6:51 pm and 6:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-045 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. 279-45\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:51 pm and 6:55 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 9-132]","filename":["279-045.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:45:35","tapeEnd":"03:46:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"279-044","nextCode":"279-046","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":7.74,"text":"You're out of expense, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions occurred during this exchange.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:05:55.474Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"279-045.mp3","bytes":322680,"durationSec":7.92,"bitrate":325751,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/279-045.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-045","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/279/conversation-279-045","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}