{"conversationCode":"249-017","tapeNumber":249,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-249-017","startDateTime":"1971-04-15T21:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-15T21:31:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Apr-1971","startTime":"4:05 PM","endDate":"15-Apr-1971","endTime":"4:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 15, 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 4:05 pm and 4:31 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 249-017 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. 249-17\n\nDate: April 15, 1971\n\nTime: Unknown between 4:05 pm and 4:31 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 42-47]","filename":["249-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:27:54","tapeEnd":"02:28:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"249-016","nextCode":"249-018","transcript":[{"start":3.29,"end":3.59,"text":"Great."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to establish a line for a subsequent conversation. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were recorded during this exchange.","topics":["White House communications","telephony","administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:39:35.341Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telephony","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"249-017.mp3","bytes":249410,"durationSec":6.1,"bitrate":326956,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/249-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/249-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/249/conversation-249-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}