{"conversationCode":"288-005","tapeNumber":288,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-288-005","startDateTime":"1971-10-12T12:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-12T12:30:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Oct-1971","startTime":"8:30 AM","endDate":"12-Oct-1971","endTime":"8:30 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:30 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 288-005 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. 288-5\n\nDate: October 12, 1971\nTime: 8:30 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 11-48]\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["288-005-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:07:17","tapeEnd":"00:07:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"288-004","nextCode":"288-006","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief contact with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call. The sole purpose of this interaction was to reach Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The President’s primary objective was to establish communication with his staff for immediate administrative or press-related coordination.","topics":["White House Operations","Communication","Ronald L. Ziegler","Presidential Staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:34:10.592Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","communication","ronald-l-ziegler","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"288-005-splice.mp3","bytes":496580,"durationSec":31.01,"bitrate":128119,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:33.317Z","originalFilename":["288a.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["288a.mp3"],"cutStart":435.5,"cutEnd":466.5,"adjustedStart":435.5,"adjustedEnd":466.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:33.317Z"},"transcript":[{"start":449.24,"end":449.72,"text":"Segway."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":437,"end":465,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/288-005-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/288-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/288/conversation-288-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}