{"conversationCode":"281-022","tapeNumber":281,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-281-022","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T14:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T14:51:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"10:30 AM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"10:51 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 21, 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 10:30 am and 10:51 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-022 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. 281-22\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:30 am and 10:51 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 12-32]","filename":["281-022-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:37:01","tapeEnd":"01:37:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"281-021","nextCode":"281-023","tapeTranscriptFile":"281a.mp3,281b.mp3,281c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":5822.68,"end":5823.38,"text":"Close, please."},{"start":5824.86,"end":5825.93,"text":"Manolo."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":5822.44,"end":5826.12,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon communicated with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The interaction primarily served to manage telecommunications logistics for the President's official business. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were documented during this brief exchange.","topics":["Telecommunications","White House operations","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:11:16.196Z"},"topicSlugs":["telecommunications","white-house-operations","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"281-022-splice.mp3","bytes":107460,"durationSec":6.69,"bitrate":128553,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:31.349Z","originalFilename":["281a.mp3","281b.mp3","281c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["281a.mp3"],"cutStart":5820.94,"cutEnd":5827.62,"adjustedStart":5820.94,"adjustedEnd":5827.62,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"medium","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:31.349Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":1,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:14:05.687Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/281-022-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/281-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/281/conversation-281-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}