{"conversationCode":"283-021","tapeNumber":283,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-283-021","startDateTime":"1971-10-06T14:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-06T14:30:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1971","startTime":"10:30 AM","endDate":"6-Oct-1971","endTime":"10:30 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:30 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 283-021 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. 283-021\nDate: October 6, 1971\nTime: 10:30 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n[See Conversation No. 10-73]","filename":["283-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:43:44","tapeEnd":"01:43:59","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"283-020","nextCode":"283-022","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":8.52,"text":"And Mr. Sapphire to come to the EOB and also get the price of the book."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to facilitate a meeting with William Safire at the Executive Office Building. He further requests that the operator obtain the price of a specific book. No other business is transacted during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["William Safire","Scheduling","Book purchase","Administrative tasks"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:21:35.867Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-safire","scheduling","book-purchase","administrative-tasks"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"283-021.mp3","bytes":346713,"durationSec":8.52,"bitrate":325624,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/283-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/283-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/283/conversation-283-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}