{"conversationCode":"576-002","tapeNumber":576,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-576-002","startDateTime":"1971-09-18T13:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-18T13:59:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Sep-1971","startTime":"9:59 AM","endDate":"18-Sep-1971","endTime":"9:59 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 576-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 576-002\n\nDate: September 18, 1971\nTime: 9:59 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 009-071]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["576-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:05:47","tapeEnd":"00:06:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"576-001","nextCode":"576-003","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.28,"text":"This is the next place."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon spoke with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief interaction served as a technical precursor to an outgoing call, as indicated by the President's instruction regarding the destination of the communication. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","administrative procedure"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:01:45.927Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-procedure"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"576-002.mp3","bytes":123794,"durationSec":2.98,"bitrate":332575,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:03.012Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/576-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/576-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/576/conversation-576-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}