{"conversationCode":"245-004","tapeNumber":245,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-245-004","startDateTime":"1971-04-06T14:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-06T14:59:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Apr-1971","startTime":"9:59 AM","endDate":"6-Apr-1971","endTime":"9:59 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:59 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 245-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 245-004\n\nDate: April 6, 1971\nTime: 9:59 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 42-8]","filename":["245-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:46:02","tapeEnd":"00:47:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"245-003","nextCode":"245-005","transcript":[{"start":4.79,"end":6.48,"text":"Congressman Ford, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with Congressman Gerald Ford. The brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and the House Minority Leader. No further substantive policy matters were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Gerald Ford","White House operations","Presidential communication","Legislative affairs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:30:12.071Z"},"topicSlugs":["gerald-r-ford","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","legislative-affairs"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"245-004.mp3","bytes":389538,"durationSec":9.61,"bitrate":324443,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.481Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/245-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/245-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/245/conversation-245-004","catalogNaId":417183225,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417183225","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}