{"conversationCode":"251-052","tapeNumber":251,"conversationNumber":52,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-251-052","startDateTime":"1971-04-20T19:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-20T19:39:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1971","startTime":"2:38 PM","endDate":"20-Apr-1971","endTime":"2:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 251-052 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. 251-52\n\nDate: April 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:38 pm and 2:39 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 42-59]","filename":["251-052.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:03:26","tapeEnd":"00:03:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"251-051","nextCode":"251-053","transcript":[{"start":2.9,"end":3.26,"text":"Here."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, non-substantive interaction with a White House operator in the Old Executive Office Building. The exchange served primarily as a functional administrative check to facilitate telephonic communications. No policy matters or significant decisions were addressed during this brief encounter.","topics":["White House administration","Telecommunications","Operational logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:48:38.783Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","telecommunications","operational-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"251-052.mp3","bytes":312215,"durationSec":7.67,"bitrate":325797,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/251-052.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/251-052","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/251/conversation-251-052","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}