{"conversationCode":"251-018","tapeNumber":251,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-251-018","startDateTime":"1971-04-29T13:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-29T13:29:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Apr-1971","startTime":"9:05 AM","endDate":"29-Apr-1971","endTime":"9:29 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 29, 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 9:05 am and 9:29 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 251-018 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. 251-18\n\nDate: April 29, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:05 am and 9:29 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 42-76]","filename":["251-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:13:19","tapeEnd":"02:13:22","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"251-017","nextCode":"251-019","transcript":[{"start":1.59,"end":6.45,"text":"This way."},{"start":7.45,"end":7.75,"text":"This way."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, procedural interaction with a White House operator to facilitate a phone connection. The exchange served as a logistical step to initiate contact with another party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this brief interaction.","topics":["White House communications","logistics","Presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:45:30.467Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","logistics","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"251-018.mp3","bytes":372820,"durationSec":9.18,"bitrate":325010,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/251-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/251-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/251/conversation-251-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}