{"conversationCode":"285-021","tapeNumber":285,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-285-021","startDateTime":"1971-10-07T16:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-07T16:48:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:31 PM","endDate":"7-Oct-1971","endTime":"12:48 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 12:31 pm and 12:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 285-021 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. 285-021\n\nDate: October 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:31 pm and 12:48 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 10-130]","filename":["285-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:01:26","tapeEnd":"03:01:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"285-020","nextCode":"285-022","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":3.21,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon interacts with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief exchange serves as the administrative lead-in to a subsequent conversation, identified as Conversation 10-130. The recording captures the functional process of White House switchboard operations during the President's work day.","topics":["White House switchboard","communications","administrative procedures","telephony"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:27:59.800Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-switchboard","communications","administrative-procedures","telephony"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"285-021.mp3","bytes":147138,"durationSec":3.54,"bitrate":332559,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/285-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/285-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/285/conversation-285-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}