{"conversationCode":"299-002","tapeNumber":299,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-299-002","startDateTime":"1971-11-10T18:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-10T18:31:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Nov-1971","startTime":"1:20 PM","endDate":"10-Nov-1971","endTime":"1:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 10, 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 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 299-002 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. 299-2\n\nDate: November 10, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 14-9]","filename":["299-002-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:05:21","tapeEnd":"00:06:02","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"299-001","nextCode":"299-003","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The discussion focuses strictly on telephonic logistics, serving as a functional bridge to connect the President with another party. No policy decisions or substantive political deliberations occur during this short exchange.","topics":["Telecommunications","White House operations","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:01:29.779Z"},"topicSlugs":["telecommunications","white-house-operations","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":44,"audioFiles":[{"file":"299-002-splice.mp3","bytes":704723,"durationSec":44.02,"bitrate":128083,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:37.288Z","originalFilename":["299a.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["299a.mp3"],"cutStart":319.5,"cutEnd":363.5,"adjustedStart":319.5,"adjustedEnd":363.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:37.288Z"},"transcript":[{"start":334.39,"end":335.48,"text":"Dr. Burr, what are you doing?"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":321,"end":362,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/299-002-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/299-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/299/conversation-299-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}