{"conversationCode":"282-017","tapeNumber":282,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-282-017","startDateTime":"1971-10-20T19:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-20T20:05:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Oct-1971","startTime":"3:43 PM","endDate":"20-Oct-1971","endTime":"4:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On October 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:43 pm and 4:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 282-017 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. 282-17\n\nDate: October 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:43 pm and 4:05 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n     The President's schedule\n\nUnknown person left at an unknown time before 4:05 pm.","filename":["282-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:07:07","tapeEnd":"01:08:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"282-016","nextCode":"282-018","transcript":[{"start":0.79,"end":1.61,"text":"He's gone out."},{"start":1.92,"end":2.06,"text":"Bye."},{"start":2.12,"end":4.16,"text":"Well, I had to have him get something right now."},{"start":4.18,"end":4.62,"text":"It's okay."},{"start":5.1,"end":6.71,"text":"Nothing right now."},{"start":7.39,"end":8.95,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown individual in his Old Executive Office Building office to briefly discuss administrative logistics. The conversation focused on the coordination of the President's schedule and the immediate retrieval of unspecified materials. The exchange concluded with the departure of the unidentified party, confirming that no further action items remained for the duration of the meeting.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Administrative logistics","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:17:25.052Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","administrative-logistics","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"282-017.mp3","bytes":442844,"durationSec":10.93,"bitrate":324161,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.614Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/282-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/282-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/282/conversation-282-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}