{"conversationCode":"290-004","tapeNumber":290,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-290-004","startDateTime":"1971-10-17T22:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-17T22:13:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Oct-1971","startTime":"6:09 PM","endDate":"17-Oct-1971","endTime":"6:13 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 6:09 pm and 6:13 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 290-004 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. 290-4\n\nDate: October 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:09 pm and 6:13 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 11-104]\n\n     Request for a call to William P. Rogers","filename":["290a.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:15:44","tapeEnd":"00:16:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"290-003","nextCode":"290-005","tapeTranscriptFile":"290a.mp3","transcript":[{"start":949.83,"end":951.93,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":952.15,"end":968,"text":"You saw a good game, didn't you?"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":944,"end":968,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief exchange with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection with Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The President briefly engages the operator in casual conversation regarding a sporting event before transitioning to his official request. The call serves as the administrative bridge to connect the President with his Secretary of State for subsequent high-level government business.","topics":["William P. Rogers","White House operations","Presidential communications","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:37:59.108Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"290a.mp3","bytes":78987179,"durationSec":4936.61,"bitrate":128002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/290a.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/290-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/290/conversation-290-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}