{"conversationCode":"285-017","tapeNumber":285,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-285-017","startDateTime":"1971-10-07T16:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-07T16:26:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:16 PM","endDate":"7-Oct-1971","endTime":"12:26 PM","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 12:16 pm and 12:26 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 285-017 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. 285-017\n\nDate: October 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:16 pm and 12:26 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 10-126]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["285-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:58:32","tapeEnd":"02:58:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"285-016","nextCode":"285-018","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":5.2,"text":"Sorry, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon interacts with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief exchange serves as the logistical precursor to a subsequent, separate conversation. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions occur during this brief technical interaction.","topics":["White House communications","telecommunications","operational procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:27:38.341Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telecommunications","operational-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"285-017.mp3","bytes":217146,"durationSec":5.3,"bitrate":327623,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:16.143Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/285-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/285-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/285/conversation-285-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}