{"conversationCode":"251-037","tapeNumber":251,"conversationNumber":37,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-251-037","startDateTime":"1971-04-29T18:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-29T19:57:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Apr-1971","startTime":"2:56 PM","endDate":"29-Apr-1971","endTime":"3:57 PM","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 2:56 pm and 3:57 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 251-037 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. 251-37\n\nDate: April 29, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:56 pm and 3:57 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 42-80]","filename":["251-037.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:57:53","tapeEnd":"02:58:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"251-036","nextCode":"251-038","transcript":[{"start":3.7,"end":5.78,"text":"Please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The conversation served strictly as an administrative exchange to connect the President with a desired party. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were recorded during this brief connectivity process.","topics":["White House communications","administrative procedure","Presidential telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:47:15.230Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","administrative-procedure","presidential-telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"251-037.mp3","bytes":356101,"durationSec":8.76,"bitrate":325358,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/251-037.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/251-037","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/251/conversation-251-037","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}