{"conversationCode":"281-025","tapeNumber":281,"conversationNumber":25,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-281-025","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T14:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T14:55:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"10:52 AM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"10:55 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 10:52 am and 10:55 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-025 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. 281-25\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:52 am and 10:55 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 12-34]\n\n     Request for a call to John B. Connally","filename":["281-025-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:39:53","tapeEnd":"01:40:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"281-024","nextCode":"281-026","tapeTranscriptFile":"281a.mp3,281b.mp3,281c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":6008.07,"end":6011.9,"text":"I want to see this job."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":5993,"end":6007.72,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The primary purpose of the brief interaction was to place a call to Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally. No other substantive policy discussions were recorded during this exchange.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:11:32.481Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"281-025-splice.mp3","bytes":283838,"durationSec":17.71,"bitrate":128208,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:31.645Z","originalFilename":["281a.mp3","281b.mp3","281c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["281a.mp3"],"cutStart":5991.5,"cutEnd":6009.22,"adjustedStart":5991.5,"adjustedEnd":6009.22,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:31.645Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":1,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:14:06.127Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/281-025-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/281-025","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/281/conversation-281-025","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}