{"conversationCode":"302-030","tapeNumber":302,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-302-030","startDateTime":"1971-11-01T19:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-01T19:47:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Nov-1971","startTime":"2:30 PM","endDate":"1-Nov-1971","endTime":"2:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 1, 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 2:30 pm and 2:47 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 302-030 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. 302-30\n\nDate: November 1, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:30 pm and 2:47 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 13-55]\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["302-030.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:46:36","tapeEnd":"02:46:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"302-029","nextCode":"302-031","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.4,"text":"Secretary, please."},{"start":4.42,"end":4.72,"text":"Mr. Secretary."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The interaction serves as a routine administrative task to establish communication between the President and his press office. No further substantive policy matters or decisions are recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","administrative request","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:12:40.965Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","administrative-request","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"302-030.mp3","bytes":201456,"durationSec":4.89,"bitrate":329861,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/302-030.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/302-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/302/conversation-302-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}