{"conversationCode":"282-016","tapeNumber":282,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-282-016","startDateTime":"1971-10-20T19:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-20T19:43:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Oct-1971","startTime":"3:43 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 at 3:43 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 282-016 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. 282-16\n\nDate: October 20, 1971\nTime: 3:43 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 12-8]","filename":["282-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:06:09","tapeEnd":"01:07:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"282-015","nextCode":"282-017","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":0.33,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":0.43,"end":0.67,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.63,"end":1.97,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.96,"end":5.22,"text":"All right."},{"start":8.9,"end":15.88,"text":"No, I'll talk to him when he gets back."},{"start":16.42,"end":16.9,"text":"Yeah, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a communications request. The brief exchange centered on managing the President's incoming and outgoing calls, specifically regarding a follow-up conversation with an unidentified individual upon their return. Nixon directed the operator to hold the request until the party became available.","topics":["White House communications","telecommunications","presidential scheduling","administrative operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:17:19.608Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telecommunications","presidential-scheduling","administrative-operations"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"282-016.mp3","bytes":687350,"durationSec":17.04,"bitrate":322668,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.614Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/282-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/282-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/282/conversation-282-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}