{"conversationCode":"285-023","tapeNumber":285,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-285-023","startDateTime":"1971-10-07T16:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-07T17:02:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:51 PM","endDate":"7-Oct-1971","endTime":"1:02 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 12:51 pm and 1:02 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 285-023 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. 285-023\n\nDate: October 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:51 pm and 1:02 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 10-132]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["285-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:04:56","tapeEnd":"03:05:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"285-022","nextCode":"285-024","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":4.88,"text":"There's a door after this."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon interacted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief exchange focused on establishing a telephonic connection to another party. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this transition.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Nixon administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:28:10.699Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","nixon-administration"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"285-023.mp3","bytes":216101,"durationSec":5.25,"bitrate":328995,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:16.145Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/285-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/285-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/285/conversation-285-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}