{"conversationCode":"281-023","tapeNumber":281,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-281-023","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T14:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T14:52:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"10:51 AM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"10:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","description":"On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:51 am to 10:52 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-023 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. 281-23\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: 10:51 am - 10:52 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n[See Conversation No. 12-33]","filename":["281-023-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:37:11","tapeEnd":"01:38:25","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"281-022","nextCode":"281-024","tapeTranscriptFile":"281a.mp3,281b.mp3,281c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":5829.91,"end":5833.37,"text":"I'll have you get over here right away."},{"start":5833.47,"end":5835.43,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5836.35,"end":5838.75,"text":"This way, please."},{"start":5839.91,"end":5845.59,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5845.65,"end":5846.39,"text":"Are you getting home?"},{"start":5847.79,"end":5849.39,"text":"Is that bell not ringing?"},{"start":5851.08,"end":5853.5,"text":"Yeah, I've been trying, it hasn't worked on me for several days."},{"start":5853.52,"end":5856.72,"text":"You tell me it doesn't work, please."},{"start":5856.74,"end":5858.34,"text":"It doesn't work?"},{"start":5858.68,"end":5861.42,"text":"Fine, fine, fine, okay."},{"start":5861.72,"end":5864.98,"text":"I am sending over, I've sent over one case and I'm sending another."},{"start":5865.01,"end":5869.91,"text":"This is very rough, deliberately, but I just want you to run it off and bring it back over, have it sorted."},{"start":5870.63,"end":5875.57,"text":"Second, under no circumstances, no matter who comes in, is it to be shown to anybody."},{"start":5875.59,"end":5877.29,"text":"You know what I mean?"},{"start":5878.15,"end":5882.35,"text":"Under no circumstances, no matter who comes in, is anybody deceived."},{"start":5882.51,"end":5885.19,"text":"I'm working on it, and I'll let you know."},{"start":5885.25,"end":5889.02,"text":"You don't have to look at me and say, I'm looking."},{"start":5889.06,"end":5893.04,"text":"You can't just say I'm working on something private."},{"start":5893.38,"end":5894.66,"text":"Well, you never know."},{"start":5897.46,"end":5901.48,"text":"They're not supposed to have any problems."},{"start":5901.76,"end":5904.12,"text":"All right, fine."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":5828.49,"end":5906.68,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, engaged in a brief, non-substantive exchange regarding unresolved technical or administrative issues. The dialogue reflects frustration over a lingering operational failure that had persisted for two days. No specific policy decisions were reached, as the conversation focused on the inability to effectively address or troubleshoot the ongoing matter.","topics":["Administrative Issues","Rose Mary Woods","White House Operations","Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:11:21.829Z"},"topicSlugs":["administrative-issues","rose-mary-woods","white-house-operations","communication"],"audioDurationSec":81,"audioFiles":[{"file":"281-023-splice.mp3","bytes":1299479,"durationSec":81.19,"bitrate":128045,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:31.602Z","originalFilename":["281a.mp3","281b.mp3","281c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["281a.mp3"],"cutStart":5826.99,"cutEnd":5908.18,"adjustedStart":5826.99,"adjustedEnd":5908.18,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:31.602Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":31,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:14:05.841Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/281-023-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/281-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/281/conversation-281-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}