{"conversationCode":"290-002","tapeNumber":290,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-290-002","startDateTime":"1971-10-17T21:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-17T21:52:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:46 PM","endDate":"17-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:52 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 17, 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 5:46 pm and 5:52 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 290-002 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. 290-2\n\nDate: October 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:46 pm and 5:52 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 11-102]\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["290-002-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:40","tapeEnd":"00:02:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"290-001","nextCode":"290-003","tapeTranscriptFile":"290a.mp3","transcript":[{"start":104.58,"end":104.81,"text":"Why?"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":105,"end":138,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger for a private telephone consultation. The brief exchange focused on establishing a secure line of communication to discuss ongoing diplomatic developments and upcoming meetings. No substantive policy decisions were finalized during this logistical coordination.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communications","Foreign policy","Diplomatic strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:37:47.713Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","foreign-policy","diplomatic-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"290-002-splice.mp3","bytes":576409,"durationSec":36,"bitrate":128102,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:33.913Z","originalFilename":["290a.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["290a.mp3"],"cutStart":103.5,"cutEnd":139.5,"adjustedStart":103.5,"adjustedEnd":139.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:33.913Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":9,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:14:17.529Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/290-002-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/290-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/290/conversation-290-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}