{"conversationCode":"279-049","tapeNumber":279,"conversationNumber":49,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-279-049","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T23:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T23:04:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"7:03 PM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"7:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Mahon, George H.;","description":"On September 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and George H. Mahon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:03 pm to 7:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-049 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. 279-49\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: 7:03 pm - 7:04 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with George H. Mahon.\n\n[See Conversation No. 9-135]","filename":["279-049.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:49:29","tapeEnd":"03:51:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Mahon, George H."],"prevCode":"279-048","nextCode":"279-050","transcript":[{"start":0.91,"end":1.21,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.93,"end":4.07,"text":"Hello."},{"start":5.21,"end":15.16,"text":"George, I just learned from one of my spies that you had a birthday today and I wanted to send my best to you and Pat sends her best to Helen."},{"start":15.26,"end":22.85,"text":"And I can tell you this, you're one of the few guys I know that can shoot your Asian dog."},{"start":23.65,"end":28.69,"text":"Larry tells me you do very well."},{"start":28.79,"end":29.73,"text":"Well, I didn't want to miss it."},{"start":34.16,"end":40.2,"text":"For the good of the country, it will work out."},{"start":41.4,"end":42.36,"text":"And it will, it will."},{"start":45.12,"end":46.28,"text":"We're making some progress."},{"start":49.94,"end":58.22,"text":"Well, of course, you always have to, let me say it on this occasion, pardon the politics, we don't want to bother you with affairs of state."},{"start":58.26,"end":59.36,"text":"Just have a good time, right?"},{"start":60.54,"end":61,"text":"Bye."},{"start":62.42,"end":62.98,"text":"Good, we got it."},{"start":64.04,"end":64.75,"text":"All right."},{"start":65.72,"end":66,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon placed a brief, informal phone call to Congressman George H. Mahon to extend birthday wishes. Beyond the social pleasantries, the two exchanged brief words of encouragement regarding the political landscape and the nation's progress. No formal policy decisions were made, as Nixon explicitly stated his intent to avoid discussing official affairs of state.","topics":["George H. Mahon","Birthday greetings","Political relations","Informal diplomacy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:06:17.211Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-h-mahon","birthday-greetings","political-relations","informal-diplomacy"],"audioDurationSec":66,"audioFiles":[{"file":"279-049.mp3","bytes":2656983,"durationSec":66.29,"bitrate":320634,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.614Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/279-049.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-049","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/279/conversation-279-049","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}