{"conversationCode":"282-015","tapeNumber":282,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-282-015","startDateTime":"1971-10-20T19:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-20T19:43:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Oct-1971","startTime":"3:42 PM","endDate":"20-Oct-1971","endTime":"3:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:42 pm to 3:43 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 282-015 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. 282-15\n\nDate: October 20, 1971\nTime: 3:42 pm - 3:43 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 12-7]","filename":["282-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:05:54","tapeEnd":"01:06:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"282-014","nextCode":"282-016","transcript":[{"start":1.31,"end":2.38,"text":"Attorney General Mitchell, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon utilizes the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Attorney General John Mitchell. This brief interaction serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and his chief legal officer. No substantive policy discussions occur, as the exchange is limited to the functional request for a telephone connection.","topics":["John Mitchell","Telephone operations","Executive communication","Attorney General"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:17:14.196Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-mitchell","telephone-operations","executive-communication","attorney-general"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"282-015.mp3","bytes":232819,"durationSec":5.67,"bitrate":328404,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/282-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/282-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/282/conversation-282-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}