{"conversationCode":"252-002","tapeNumber":252,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-252-002","startDateTime":"1971-04-21T18:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-21T19:31:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Apr-1971","startTime":"1:43 PM","endDate":"21-Apr-1971","endTime":"2:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 21, 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 1:43 pm and 2:31 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 252-002 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. 252-2\n\nDate: April 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:43 pm and 2:31 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 42-62]","filename":["252a.mp3","252b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:03:24","tapeEnd":"00:03:38","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"252-001","nextCode":"252-003","tapeTranscriptFile":"252a.mp3,252b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":216.25,"end":216.25,"text":"Tells me the hard-ass were pleased with my well-bears, and, uh, I don't know how they heard about me."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":216.25,"end":216.25,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon speaks briefly with a White House operator to discuss feedback regarding his public remarks or recent behavior. The President expresses mild curiosity regarding how a group of individuals, whom he refers to as the \"hard-ass,\" became aware of his actions and expressed their approval. No further policy actions or significant administrative decisions resulted from this short exchange.","topics":["Public opinion","Presidential communication","White House operations","Feedback"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:48:55.726Z"},"topicSlugs":["public-opinion","presidential-communication","white-house-operations","feedback"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"252a.mp3","bytes":116635421,"durationSec":7306.43,"bitrate":127707,"missing":false},{"file":"252b.mp3","bytes":11485118,"durationSec":719.42,"bitrate":127714,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/252a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/252b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/252-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/252/conversation-252-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}