{"conversationCode":"298-041","tapeNumber":298,"conversationNumber":41,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-298-041","startDateTime":"1971-11-11T22:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-11T23:11:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Nov-1971","startTime":"5:50 PM","endDate":"11-Nov-1971","endTime":"6:11 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 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 298-041 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. 298-41\n\nDate: November 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 14-56]","filename":["298-041.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:45:52","tapeEnd":"03:46:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"298-040","nextCode":"298-042","transcript":[{"start":0.69,"end":1.28,"text":"Ready."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. The conversation served primarily as a functional request to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy matters or strategic developments were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House administration","telecommunications","presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:00:54.450Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","telecommunications","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"298-041.mp3","bytes":180574,"durationSec":4.39,"bitrate":329208,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.955Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/298-041.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/298-041","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/298/conversation-298-041","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}