{"conversationCode":"291-020","tapeNumber":291,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-291-020","startDateTime":"1971-10-18T21:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-18T21:54:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:45 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:54 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 18, 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 5:45 pm and 5:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 291-020 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. 291-20\n\nDate: October 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:45 pm and 5:54 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 11-120]\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["291-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:58:17","tapeEnd":"01:58:57","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"291-019","nextCode":"291-021","transcript":[{"start":3.63,"end":3.87,"text":"Horrible."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to bridge the President and his top aide for further consultation. No additional substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:40:20.616Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"291-020.mp3","bytes":331024,"durationSec":8.15,"bitrate":324957,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/291-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/291-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/291/conversation-291-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}