{"conversationCode":"293-003","tapeNumber":293,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-293-003","startDateTime":"1971-11-17T18:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-17T18:26:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Nov-1971","startTime":"1:15 PM","endDate":"17-Nov-1971","endTime":"1:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 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 1:15 pm and 1:26 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 293-003 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. 293-3\n\nDate: November 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:15 pm and 1:26 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 14-152]","filename":["293-003-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:03:36","tapeEnd":"00:03:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"293-002","nextCode":"293-004","tapeTranscriptFile":"293a.mp3,293b.mp3","transcriptBoundary":{"start":216,"end":224.89,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential communications","administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:44:20.168Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-communications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"293-003-splice.mp3","bytes":190634,"durationSec":11.89,"bitrate":128311,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:34.757Z","originalFilename":["293a.mp3","293b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["293a.mp3"],"cutStart":214.5,"cutEnd":226.39,"adjustedStart":214.5,"adjustedEnd":226.39,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:34.757Z"},"transcript":[{"start":224,"end":224.59,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":224.74,"end":236.76,"text":"Yeah."}],"transcriptConfidence":"high","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/293-003-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/293-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/293/conversation-293-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}