{"conversationCode":"279-048","tapeNumber":279,"conversationNumber":48,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-279-048","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T22:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T23:03:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"6:57 PM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"7:03 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 6:57 pm and 7:03 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-048 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. 279-48\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:57 pm and 7:03 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 9-134]","filename":["279-048.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:48:57","tapeEnd":"03:49:29","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"279-047","nextCode":"279-049","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":1.79,"text":"Here's the Nahon of Texas."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a phone connection with an individual identified as Nahon of Texas. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to initiate a specific communication. No further policy or substantive discussion took place during this exchange.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Logistics","Nahon of Texas"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:06:11.484Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","logistics","nahon-of-texas"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"279-048.mp3","bytes":161766,"durationSec":3.91,"bitrate":330599,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/279-048.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-048","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/279/conversation-279-048","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}