{"conversationCode":"279-050","tapeNumber":279,"conversationNumber":50,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-279-050","startDateTime":"1971-09-22T23:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T23:06:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Sep-1971","startTime":"7:04 PM","endDate":"22-Sep-1971","endTime":"7:06 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 7:04 pm and 7:06 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-050 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. 279-50\n\nDate: September 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:04 pm and 7:06 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 9-136]","filename":["279-050.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:51:15","tapeEnd":"03:51:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"279-049","nextCode":"279-051","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":6.02,"text":"I'll get it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon interacts with the White House operator in the Executive Office Building to facilitate a connection for an outgoing telephone call. The exchange serves as a brief logistical transition, serving the mechanical purpose of bridging the President to a subsequent party. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions occur during this short interface.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Logistics","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:06:22.815Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","logistics","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"279-050.mp3","bytes":289244,"durationSec":7.09,"bitrate":326461,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/279-050.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-050","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/279/conversation-279-050","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}