{"conversationCode":"251-049","tapeNumber":251,"conversationNumber":49,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-251-049","startDateTime":"1971-05-04T17:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-04T17:12:00.000Z","startDate":"4-May-1971","startTime":"1:11 PM","endDate":"4-May-1971","endTime":"1:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 4, 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 1:11 pm and 1:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 251-049 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. 251-49\n\nDate: May 4, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:11 pm and 1:12 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President\n\n[See Conversation No. 42-85]","filename":["251-049.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:12:18","tapeEnd":"03:12:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"251-048","nextCode":"251-050","transcript":[{"start":1.62,"end":8.02,"text":"I didn't get it there, but call me back."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief administrative request to the White House operator regarding an incomplete telecommunications connection. He instructs the operator to terminate the current attempt and place a follow-up call. The interaction concludes without further substantive policy discussion.","topics":["Telecommunications","White House operations","Administrative protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:48:21.681Z"},"topicSlugs":["telecommunications","white-house-operations","administrative-protocol"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"251-049.mp3","bytes":393718,"durationSec":9.7,"bitrate":324853,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/251-049.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/251-049","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/251/conversation-251-049","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}