{"conversationCode":"287-002","tapeNumber":287,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-287-002","startDateTime":"1971-10-11T12:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-11T12:57:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Oct-1971","startTime":"8:52 AM","endDate":"11-Oct-1971","endTime":"8:57 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 11, 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 8:52 am and 8:57 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 287-002 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. 287-2\n\nDate: October 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:52 am and 8:57 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 11-25]\n\n     Request for a call to John N. Mitchell","filename":["287-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:02:50","tapeEnd":"00:03:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"287-001","nextCode":"287-003","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":2.75,"text":"Yeah, I bet you'll do it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with a White House operator to facilitate a communication request. The primary purpose of the brief interaction was to initiate a telephone call to Attorney General John N. Mitchell. No further policy or strategic discussions took place during this exchange.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Attorney General"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:31:19.748Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","attorney-general"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"287-002.mp3","bytes":133538,"durationSec":3.19,"bitrate":334796,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.616Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/287-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/287-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/287/conversation-287-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}