{"conversationCode":"284-018","tapeNumber":284,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-284-018","startDateTime":"1971-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-07T00:39:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1971","startTime":"8:00 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1971","endTime":"8:39 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 8:00 pm and 8:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 284-018 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. 284-18\n\nDate: October 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:00 pm and 8:39 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 10-102]","filename":["284-018-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:01:34","tapeEnd":"02:03:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"284-017","nextCode":"284-019","tapeTranscriptFile":"284a.mp3,284b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":7318.82,"end":7320.67,"text":"Rwy'n cysylltu â Niall Yates, os gwelwch."},{"start":7386.02,"end":7388,"text":"Yn ystod y cyfnod, byddwn i'n cofio y byddwn i'n cofio y byddwn i'n cofio y byddwn i'n cofio"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":7294,"end":7393,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief administrative request to the White House operator to be connected with Mrs. Nell Yates. This brief exchange served solely as an operational directive to facilitate a telephone call to an outside party. No further policy or substantive matters were discussed during this brief interaction.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","Nell Yates","administrative task"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:25:39.961Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","nell-yates","administrative-task"],"audioDurationSec":102,"audioFiles":[{"file":"284-018-splice.mp3","bytes":1632175,"durationSec":101.98,"bitrate":128036,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:32.851Z","originalFilename":["284a.mp3","284b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["284a.mp3","284b.mp3"],"cutStart":7292.5,"cutEnd":7394.5,"adjustedStart":7292.5,"adjustedEnd":7394.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:32.851Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":1,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T08:14:56.612Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/284-018-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/284-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/284/conversation-284-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}