{"conversationCode":"285-013","tapeNumber":285,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-285-013","startDateTime":"1971-10-07T14:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-07T14:32:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Oct-1971","startTime":"10:24 AM","endDate":"7-Oct-1971","endTime":"10:32 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 7, 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 10:24 am and 10:32 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 285-013 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. 285-013\nDate: October 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:24 am and 10:32 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n[See Conversation No. 10-114]","filename":["285-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:21:46","tapeEnd":"01:22:27","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"285-012","nextCode":"285-014","transcript":[{"start":4.69,"end":9.86,"text":"Sit down."},{"start":10.76,"end":17.35,"text":"Oh, don't bother, don't bother."},{"start":17.37,"end":18.73,"text":"I'll tell him not to step out or anything."},{"start":18.75,"end":19.23,"text":"That is convenience."},{"start":19.49,"end":22.09,"text":"No, I'll tell you."},{"start":23.48,"end":25.04,"text":"Now, don't have him call me because I'm going to be out quite a bit of time."},{"start":25.06,"end":25.6,"text":"It's not important."},{"start":25.62,"end":26.02,"text":"And it's not urgent."},{"start":26.04,"end":32.43,"text":"And that I will respond later today, maybe, or tomorrow."},{"start":32.45,"end":32.67,"text":"Fine, fine."},{"start":32.83,"end":32.89,"text":"No."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator regarding the handling of an incoming call, specifying that the caller should not be told to wait or step away. He emphasized that the matter was neither urgent nor important, opting to defer his response until later that day or the following day. This brief administrative interaction illustrates the President's protocol for managing his communication flow and scheduling priorities.","topics":["White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Telephone protocols","Administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:27:16.020Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","telephone-protocols","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"285-013.mp3","bytes":1325783,"durationSec":33.01,"bitrate":321306,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/285-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/285-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/285/conversation-285-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}