{"conversationCode":"299-005","tapeNumber":299,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-299-005","startDateTime":"1971-11-10T18:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-10T19:27:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Nov-1971","startTime":"1:33 PM","endDate":"10-Nov-1971","endTime":"2:27 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 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 299-005 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. 299-5\n\nDate: November 10, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 14-11]","filename":["299-005-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:09:42","tapeEnd":"00:10:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"299-004","nextCode":"299-006","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This routine interaction served as a administrative step to connect the President with a third party. No substantive policy discussions or policy decisions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operator","telecommunications","administrative logistics","presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:01:46.606Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-logistics","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":46,"audioFiles":[{"file":"299-005-splice.mp3","bytes":736489,"durationSec":46,"bitrate":128080,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:37.330Z","originalFilename":["299a.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["299a.mp3"],"cutStart":580.5,"cutEnd":626.5,"adjustedStart":580.5,"adjustedEnd":626.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"medium","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:37.330Z"},"transcript":[{"start":595.49,"end":595.9,"text":"I don't know."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":582,"end":625,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/299-005-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/299-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/299/conversation-299-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}