{"conversationCode":"300-040","tapeNumber":300,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-300-040","startDateTime":"1971-11-09T21:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-09T21:24:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Nov-1971","startTime":"4:24 PM","endDate":"9-Nov-1971","endTime":"4:24 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 300-040 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. 300-040\n\nDate: November 9, 1971\nTime: 4:24 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 14-6]","filename":["300-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:15:49","tapeEnd":"02:16:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"300-039","nextCode":"300-041","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":6.11,"text":"Congressman of Massachusetts, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to a Congressman from Massachusetts. This brief exchange serves as an administrative request to facilitate legislative outreach or political communication. No further substantive discussion occurs during this interaction.","topics":["Congressional relations","Massachusetts","Telephone communications","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:07:01.576Z"},"topicSlugs":["congressional-relations","massachusetts","telephone-communications","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"300-040.mp3","bytes":248437,"durationSec":6.06,"bitrate":327934,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/300-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/300-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/300/conversation-300-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}