{"conversationCode":"291-004","tapeNumber":291,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-291-004","startDateTime":"1971-10-13T01:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-13T01:12:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:09 PM","endDate":"12-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 9:09 pm and 9:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 291-004 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. 291-4\n\nDate: October 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:09 pm and 9:12 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 11-71]\n\n     Request for a call to Rose Mary Woods","filename":["291-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:08:56","tapeEnd":"00:09:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"291-003","nextCode":"291-005","transcript":[{"start":4.24,"end":4.67,"text":"What, please?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The primary purpose of the brief interaction was to place an outgoing call to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. No other substantive policy or political matters were discussed during this communication.","topics":["Rose Mary Woods","White House operations","telecommunications","administrative support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:38:48.857Z"},"topicSlugs":["rose-mary-woods","white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-support"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"291-004.mp3","bytes":336248,"durationSec":8.27,"bitrate":325336,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.955Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/291-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/291-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/291/conversation-291-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}