{"conversationCode":"251-003","tapeNumber":251,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-251-003","startDateTime":"1971-04-20T19:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-20T19:38:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1971","startTime":"2:38 PM","endDate":"20-Apr-1971","endTime":"2:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:38 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 251-003 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. 251-3\n\nDate: April 20, 1971\nTime: 2:38 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 42-58]","filename":["251-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:02:22","tapeEnd":"00:02:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"251-002","nextCode":"251-004","transcript":[{"start":1.86,"end":2.95,"text":"Sit there, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to remain in his office to assist with immediate communication needs. This brief interaction served as a logistical arrangement to facilitate upcoming telephone calls. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this exchange.","topics":["White House logistics","Communications","Presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:44:06.564Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-logistics","communications","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"251-003.mp3","bytes":238028,"durationSec":5.81,"bitrate":327815,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/251-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/251-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/251/conversation-251-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}