{"conversationCode":"297-004","tapeNumber":297,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-297-004","startDateTime":"1971-11-12T01:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-12T01:24:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Nov-1971","startTime":"8:19 PM","endDate":"11-Nov-1971","endTime":"8:24 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 11, 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 8:19 pm and 8:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 297-004 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. 297-4\n\nDate: November 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:19 pm and 8:24 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 14-77]","filename":["297-004-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:03:06","tapeEnd":"00:03:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"297-003","nextCode":"297-005","tapeTranscriptFile":"297a.mp3,297b.mp3","transcriptBoundary":{"start":186,"end":232,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to connect the President with an outside party. No substantive policy matters or major developments were recorded during this brief logistical exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential communications","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:53:05.781Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-communications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":49,"audioFiles":[{"file":"297-004-splice.mp3","bytes":784554,"durationSec":49.01,"bitrate":128075,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:36.170Z","originalFilename":["297a.mp3","297b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["297a.mp3"],"cutStart":184.5,"cutEnd":233.5,"adjustedStart":184.5,"adjustedEnd":233.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:36.170Z"},"transcript":[{"start":197.19,"end":197.31,"text":"Ie."},{"start":201.3,"end":202.01,"text":"Mae'n dda."}],"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptPrev":{"segments":2,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T05:47:27.451Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/297-004-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/297-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/297/conversation-297-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}