{"conversationCode":"285-002","tapeNumber":285,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-285-002","startDateTime":"1971-10-07T00:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-07T01:18:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1971","startTime":"8:55 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:18 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 8:55 pm and 9:18 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 285-002 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. 285-002\n\nDate: October 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:55 pm and 9:18 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 10-106]","filename":["285-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:03:40","tapeEnd":"00:03:50","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"285-001","nextCode":"285-003","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":4.13,"text":"Please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief interaction with the White House operator to place an outgoing call. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions are recorded during this exchange. The recording serves primarily as a procedural connection to facilitate further communication.","topics":["White House switchboard","Presidential communications","telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:26:13.749Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-switchboard","presidential-communications","telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"285-002.mp3","bytes":175350,"durationSec":4.25,"bitrate":329920,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/285-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/285-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/285/conversation-285-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}