{"conversationCode":"298-017","tapeNumber":298,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-298-017","startDateTime":"1971-11-11T20:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-11T20:27:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Nov-1971","startTime":"3:08 PM","endDate":"11-Nov-1971","endTime":"3:27 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 3:08 pm and 3:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 298-017 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. 298-17\n\nDate: November 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:08 pm and 3:27 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 14-40]","filename":["298-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:19:09","tapeEnd":"02:19:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"298-016","nextCode":"298-018","transcript":[{"start":4.25,"end":6.59,"text":"Mrs. Mason, please."},{"start":6.61,"end":6.83,"text":"Mrs. Mason."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Mrs. Mason. This interaction serves as a brief administrative request to facilitate communication with the specified party. No other substantive policy matters or further actions were discussed during this exchange.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Administrative tasks","Communication logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:58:38.051Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-tasks","communication-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"298-017.mp3","bytes":359252,"durationSec":8.85,"bitrate":324661,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/298-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/298-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/298/conversation-298-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}