{"conversationCode":"625-017","tapeNumber":625,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-625-017","startDateTime":"1971-11-29T16:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-29T16:14:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Nov-1971","startTime":"11:13 AM","endDate":"29-Nov-1971","endTime":"11:14 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:13 am and 11:14 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 625-017 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. 625-17\n\nDate: November 29, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:13 am and 11:14 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\f[See Conversation No. 15-144]\n\n                                                                  Conv. No. 625-26\n                                                                  Conversation     (cont.)\n                                                                               No. 625-18\n\nDate: November 29, 1971\nTime: 11:14 am - 11:16 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with John N. Mitchell.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/11/2022.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[625-018-w001]\n[Duration: 6s]\n\n[See Conversation No. 015-145-w001]\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["625-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:35:18","tapeEnd":"03:35:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"625-016","nextCode":"625-018","transcript":[{"start":4.15,"end":6.22,"text":"Uh, if you've got any, turn it down, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to lower the volume of the recording equipment or a nearby device. The brief exchange served as a functional adjustment to the Oval Office environment during the taping session. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were addressed during this interaction.","topics":["White House taping system","Oval Office operations","Technical adjustment"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:14:42.169Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-taping-system","oval-office-operations","technical-adjustment"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"625-017.mp3","bytes":360277,"durationSec":8.88,"bitrate":324583,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.995Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/625-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/625-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/625/conversation-625-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}