{"conversationCode":"280-004","tapeNumber":280,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-280-004","startDateTime":"1971-09-23T14:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-23T14:35:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Sep-1971","startTime":"10:35 AM","endDate":"23-Sep-1971","endTime":"10:35 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:35 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 280-004 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. 280-4\n\nDate: September 23, 1971\nTime: 10:35 am\n\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 9-138]","filename":["280-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:52:49","tapeEnd":"00:57:54","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"280-003","nextCode":"280-005","transcript":[{"start":3.46,"end":6.38,"text":"Oh, there's a cannon, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the 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 occurred during this exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential communications","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:07:06.995Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-communications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"280-004.mp3","bytes":306991,"durationSec":7.54,"bitrate":325664,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/280-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/280-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/280/conversation-280-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}