{"conversationCode":"283-043","tapeNumber":283,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-283-043","startDateTime":"1971-10-06T18:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-06T18:50:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1971","startTime":"2:50 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:50 PM","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 2:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 283-043 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. 283-043\n\nDate: October 6, 1971\nTime: 2:50 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 10-85]","filename":["283-043.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:20:09","tapeEnd":"04:21:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"283-042","nextCode":"283-044","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":8.81,"text":"Water bill, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him to an external line to address a personal administrative matter. The sole objective of the brief interaction was to facilitate a phone call regarding a water bill payment. No policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this exchange.","topics":["personal communication","White House operations","administrative task"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:23:37.401Z"},"topicSlugs":["personal-communication","white-house-operations","administrative-task"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"283-043.mp3","bytes":357162,"durationSec":8.78,"bitrate":325299,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.614Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:15.882Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/283-043.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/283-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/283/conversation-283-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}