{"conversationCode":"299-008","tapeNumber":299,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-299-008","startDateTime":"1971-11-10T19:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-10T19:34:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Nov-1971","startTime":"2:28 PM","endDate":"10-Nov-1971","endTime":"2:34 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 2:28 pm and 2:34 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 299-008 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. 299-8\n\nDate: November 10, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:28 pm and 2:34 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 14-13]","filename":["299-008-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:13:48","tapeEnd":"00:13:59","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"299-007","nextCode":"299-009","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. This exchange served a routine operational purpose, allowing the President to initiate a connection through the executive switchboard system. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions took place during this short administrative engagement.","topics":["White House administration","Communications","Operational procedures","Switchboard services"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:02:04.538Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","communications","operational-procedures","switchboard-services"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"299-008-splice.mp3","bytes":306408,"durationSec":19.12,"bitrate":128193,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:37.632Z","originalFilename":["299a.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["299a.mp3"],"cutStart":826.5,"cutEnd":845.63,"adjustedStart":826.5,"adjustedEnd":845.63,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:37.632Z"},"transcript":[{"start":823.84,"end":828.1,"text":"Just see if you can come over by quarter to quarter to half."},{"start":828.14,"end":828.62,"text":"Coast, please."},{"start":828.64,"end":828.8,"text":"Yeah."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":828,"end":844.13,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/299-008-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/299-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/299/conversation-299-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}