{"conversationCode":"296-015","tapeNumber":296,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-296-015","startDateTime":"1971-11-14T22:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-14T22:02:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Nov-1971","startTime":"5:01 PM","endDate":"14-Nov-1971","endTime":"5:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan);","description":"On November 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:01 pm to 5:02 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 296-015 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. 296-15\n\nDate: November 14, 1971\nTime: 5:01 pm - 5:02 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[296-015-w001]\n[Duration: 32s]\n\n[See Conversation No. 014-089]\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["296-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:40:24","tapeEnd":"03:40:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan)"],"prevCode":"296-014","nextCode":"296-016","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":20.98,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":21,"end":22.65,"text":"What is the situation?"},{"start":22.67,"end":23.09,"text":"Do whatever you want."},{"start":23.11,"end":24.41,"text":"We'll come to the restaurant and tell you what we're going to do."},{"start":24.43,"end":24.87,"text":"Meet in the math room."},{"start":24.89,"end":25.09,"text":"All right."},{"start":25.11,"end":25.75,"text":"Yeah, we'll be in the math room."},{"start":25.77,"end":25.87,"text":"Okay."},{"start":25.89,"end":25.97,"text":"Bye."},{"start":25.99,"end":26.19,"text":"Take care."},{"start":26.21,"end":26.49,"text":"See you there."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon held a brief, informal telephone conversation to coordinate their evening plans. They agreed to meet at a restaurant to decide on their itinerary and established a rendezvous point in the 'math room.' This exchange served purely as a personal logistical coordination between the couple.","topics":["Pat Nixon","Logistics","Personal plans","White House domestic life"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:52:37.851Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","logistics","personal-plans","white-house-domestic-life"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"296-015.mp3","bytes":1065587,"durationSec":26.49,"bitrate":321756,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/296-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/296-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/296/conversation-296-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}