{"conversationCode":"294-002","tapeNumber":294,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-294-002","startDateTime":"1971-11-18T13:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-18T13:07:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1971","startTime":"8:02 AM","endDate":"18-Nov-1971","endTime":"8:07 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 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 8:02 am and 8:07 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 294-002 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. 294-2\n\nDate: November 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:02 am and 8:07 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 15-19]","filename":["294-002-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:22","tapeEnd":"00:01:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"294-001","nextCode":"294-003","tapeTranscriptFile":"294a.mp3,294b.mp3,294c.mp3,294d.mp3","transcript":[{"start":92.01,"end":92.59,"text":"One moment, please."},{"start":92.63,"end":94.17,"text":"Hello, Ted."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":91.26,"end":92.26,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. The brief exchange focused on establishing a direct line to an unspecified party. The conversation concluded with the operator taking instructions to process the request.","topics":["Telecommunications","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:47:33.469Z"},"topicSlugs":["telecommunications","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"294-002-splice.mp3","bytes":64410,"durationSec":4,"bitrate":128925,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:35.656Z","originalFilename":["294a.mp3","294b.mp3","294c.mp3","294d.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["294a.mp3"],"cutStart":89.76,"cutEnd":93.76,"adjustedStart":89.76,"adjustedEnd":93.76,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"medium","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:35.656Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":1,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:14:25.607Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/294-002-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/294-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/294/conversation-294-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}