{"conversationCode":"303-004","tapeNumber":303,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-303-004","startDateTime":"1971-10-26T17:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-26T17:50:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Oct-1971","startTime":"1:47 PM","endDate":"26-Oct-1971","endTime":"1:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 26, 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 1:47 pm and 1:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 303-004 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. 303-004\n\nDate: October 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:47 pm and 1:50 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 13-13]\n\n     Request for a call to William P. Rogers\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["303-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:07:38","tapeEnd":"00:07:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"303-003","nextCode":"303-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.37,"text":"Secretary Rodman, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to initiate an outgoing call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Secretary. No further policy discussions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Presidential communications","Telephone protocol","Department of State"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:13:14.895Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","presidential-communications","telephone-protocol","department-of-state"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"303-004.mp3","bytes":135644,"durationSec":3.26,"bitrate":332764,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:18.316Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/303-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/303-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/303/conversation-303-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}