{"conversationCode":"292-017","tapeNumber":292,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-292-017","startDateTime":"1971-10-19T21:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-19T21:38:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:27 PM","endDate":"19-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 19, 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 5:27 pm and 5:38 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 292-017 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. 292-17\n\nDate: October 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:27 pm and 5:38 pm\n\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 11-142]\n\n     Request for a call to John N. Mitchell","filename":["292a.mp3","292b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:27:19","tapeEnd":"02:27:50","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"292-016","nextCode":"292-018","tapeTranscriptFile":"292a.mp3,292b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":8839.83,"end":8847.69,"text":"I mean, you can talk about philosophy and field groups and the rest of it, and they're well-intentioned."},{"start":8847.72,"end":8851.5,"text":"They, you know, they're there to do a hell of a lot of harm."},{"start":8851.51,"end":8852.98,"text":"Jesus Christ, that kind of a talk in the heart."},{"start":8853.03,"end":8858.2,"text":"It sounds just like it, though."},{"start":8865.06,"end":8866.54,"text":"I'm bothered by that."},{"start":8866.56,"end":8866.72,"text":"It's not..."},{"start":8874.82,"end":8875.53,"text":"Come back now."},{"start":8888.6,"end":8889.96,"text":"Part of the day, okay, part of the year."},{"start":8892.02,"end":8895.02,"text":"Well, okay, we'll see what happens."},{"start":8897.22,"end":8897.5,"text":"Bye."},{"start":8903.84,"end":8904.82,"text":"What is his name?"},{"start":8904.9,"end":8909.05,"text":"But that's actually."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":8839,"end":8953.125,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a phone call to Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The recording consists primarily of fragmented, indistinct remarks that reflect the President's frustration regarding political opposition or hostile rhetoric. No significant policy decisions were finalized during this brief exchange beyond the logistical request for the connection.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","White House operations","Political strategy","Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:42:14.616Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","white-house-operations","political-strategy","communications"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"292a.mp3","bytes":117474532,"durationSec":7342.08,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"292b.mp3","bytes":70266879,"durationSec":4391.61,"bitrate":128002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/292a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/292b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/292-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/292/conversation-292-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}