{"conversationCode":"285-041","tapeNumber":285,"conversationNumber":41,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-285-041","startDateTime":"1971-10-07T19:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-07T19:43:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Oct-1971","startTime":"3:32 PM","endDate":"7-Oct-1971","endTime":"3:43 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 3:32 pm and 3:43 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 285-041 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. 285-041\nDate: October 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:32 pm and 3:43 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n[See Conversation No. 10-137]","filename":["285-041.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:09:48","tapeEnd":"04:10:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"285-040","nextCode":"285-042","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":7,"text":"A break, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief interaction with the White House operator to request a break in telephone operations. This short exchange serves as a routine administrative request regarding the management of the President's incoming call line. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were addressed during this brief communication.","topics":["White House operations","Telephone management","Presidential communications","Administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:29:49.559Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telephone-management","presidential-communications","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"285-041.mp3","bytes":291334,"durationSec":7.14,"bitrate":326567,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/285-041.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/285-041","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/285/conversation-285-041","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}