{"conversationCode":"307-029","tapeNumber":307,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-307-029","startDateTime":"1971-12-08T22:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-08T22:08:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Dec-1971","startTime":"5:01 PM","endDate":"8-Dec-1971","endTime":"5:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 8, 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 5:01 pm and 5:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 307-029 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. 307-029\n\nDate: December 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:01 pm and 5:08 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 16-59]","filename":["307-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:58:04","tapeEnd":"01:58:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"307-028","nextCode":"307-030","transcript":[{"start":2.92,"end":3.46,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon communicated briefly with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The exchange served as a logistical step to connect the President with an additional party. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were documented during this short interaction.","topics":["White House communications","Logistics","Executive office operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:20:20.468Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","logistics","executive-office-operations"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"307-029.mp3","bytes":243252,"durationSec":5.93,"bitrate":327902,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.955Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:18.809Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/307-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/307-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/307/conversation-307-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}