{"conversationCode":"287-015","tapeNumber":287,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-287-015","startDateTime":"1971-10-11T18:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-11T18:49:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Oct-1971","startTime":"2:47 PM","endDate":"11-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Mitchell, John N.;","description":"On October 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:47 pm to 2:49 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 287-015 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. 287-15\n\nDate: October 11, 1971\nTime: 2:47 pm - 2:49 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with John N. Mitchell.\n\n[See Conversation No. 11-40]","filename":["287-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:21:25","tapeEnd":"01:34:42","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Mitchell, John N."],"prevCode":"287-014","nextCode":"287-016","transcript":[{"start":1.57,"end":5.54,"text":"Yeah, how are you getting along with the woman?"},{"start":5.55,"end":12.26,"text":"Did you find out if Dorothy knows she's coming?"},{"start":12.28,"end":13.88,"text":"That's great."},{"start":13.92,"end":14.5,"text":"Yeah, that's great."},{"start":14.52,"end":23.07,"text":"She's got a little Italian blood."},{"start":23.09,"end":24.79,"text":"You know, I'm not really being facetious."},{"start":24.95,"end":26.55,"text":"I'm just helping people."},{"start":26.59,"end":28.07,"text":"What do you think?"},{"start":29.86,"end":41.56,"text":"After all, she's a Catholic married to an Italian."},{"start":41.58,"end":42.16,"text":"Is he a lawyer?"},{"start":46.12,"end":46.68,"text":"Correct."},{"start":52.17,"end":57.79,"text":"Correct."},{"start":63.07,"end":77.2,"text":"Well, this business is very good."},{"start":77.26,"end":78.96,"text":"Okay."},{"start":79,"end":87.62,"text":"Good."},{"start":87.76,"end":88.68,"text":"All right, John."},{"start":95.12,"end":95.77,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Attorney General John Mitchell engage in a brief, informal discussion concerning the personal background and familial connections of an unidentified woman. The exchange focuses on navigating social or professional arrangements, with Nixon inquiring about the woman's awareness of upcoming plans. Their dialogue highlights a degree of personal rapport as they confirm details regarding her Catholic faith and her husband's profession.","topics":["Personal relationships","John N. Mitchell","Social planning","White House personnel"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:32:34.217Z"},"topicSlugs":["personal-relationships","john-n-mitchell","social-planning","white-house-personnel"],"audioDurationSec":113,"audioFiles":[{"file":"287-015.mp3","bytes":4540918,"durationSec":113.38,"bitrate":320394,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/287-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/287-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/287/conversation-287-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}