{"conversationCode":"291-017","tapeNumber":291,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-291-017","startDateTime":"1971-10-18T21:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-18T21:25:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:24 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan);","description":"On October 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:24 pm to 5:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 291-017 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. 291-17\n\nDate: October 18, 1971\nTime: 5:24 pm - 5:25 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/29/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[291-017-w001]\n[Duration: 31s]\n\n[See Conversation No. 011-117-w001]\n\n**********************************************************************","filename":["291-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:47:30","tapeEnd":"01:48:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan)"],"prevCode":"291-016","nextCode":"291-018","transcript":[{"start":1.95,"end":15.23,"text":"Now, do you want to have dinner before the... Fine, then I'll be over at dinner at 6.30 and finish at 7 and leave at 7.50."},{"start":15.57,"end":24.91,"text":"I guess there's enough time to... Or if you prefer to get done at 6.15."},{"start":24.95,"end":25.49,"text":"6.30 is fine."},{"start":25.51,"end":26.69,"text":"I'll be over there about 6.15 then."},{"start":32.38,"end":32.79,"text":"Come on."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon coordinate their personal schedule for the upcoming evening. The two discuss potential timing for dinner and their subsequent departure, ultimately agreeing on a meeting time of 6:15 PM. The brief exchange serves strictly as an organizational check-in regarding their domestic itinerary.","topics":["scheduling","personal correspondence","Pat Nixon","White House domestic life"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:40:01.560Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","personal-correspondence","pat-nixon","white-house-domestic-life"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"291-017.mp3","bytes":1329946,"durationSec":33.12,"bitrate":321240,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/291-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/291-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/291/conversation-291-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}