{"conversationCode":"284-007","tapeNumber":284,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-284-007","startDateTime":"1971-10-06T19:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-06T19:41:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1971","startTime":"3:15 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1971","endTime":"3:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:41 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 284-007 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. 284-7\n\nDate: October 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:15 pm and 3:41 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson\n\n[See Conversation No. 10-93]","filename":["284a.mp3","284b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:29:51","tapeEnd":"00:30:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"284-006","nextCode":"284-008","tapeTranscriptFile":"284a.mp3,284b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":1808.54,"end":1811.14,"text":"Call the police."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":1736.875,"end":1858,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The exchange is brief, consisting solely of the President's request for the connection. This administrative communication serves to facilitate an immediate consultation between Nixon and his advisor.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Presidential communications","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:24:38.316Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","presidential-communications","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":67,"audioFiles":[{"file":"284a.mp3","bytes":117461158,"durationSec":7341.25,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"284b.mp3","bytes":39378859,"durationSec":2461.09,"bitrate":128004,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/284a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/284b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/284-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/284/conversation-284-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}