{"conversationCode":"249-019","tapeNumber":249,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-249-019","startDateTime":"1971-04-15T21:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-15T21:35:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Apr-1971","startTime":"4:34 PM","endDate":"15-Apr-1971","endTime":"4:35 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 4:34 pm and 4:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 249-019 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. 249-19\n\nDate: April 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:34 pm and 4:35 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 42-49]","filename":["249-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:31:04","tapeEnd":"02:31:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"249-018","nextCode":"249-020","transcript":[{"start":3.08,"end":5.13,"text":"Hello, ladies."},{"start":5.15,"end":6.31,"text":"Steve-O."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief, informal communication with the White House operator to place an outgoing call. The exchange serves as a functional recording of administrative support rather than a discussion of substantive policy or political matters. No significant decisions were recorded during this short interaction.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","administrative support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:39:46.006Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-support"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"249-019.mp3","bytes":362259,"durationSec":8.93,"bitrate":324701,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/249-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/249-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/249/conversation-249-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}