{"conversationCode":"252-015","tapeNumber":252,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-252-015","startDateTime":"1971-04-28T19:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-28T20:33:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Apr-1971","startTime":"3:57 PM","endDate":"28-Apr-1971","endTime":"4:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 28, 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 3:57 pm and 4:33 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 252-015 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. 252-15\n\nDate: April 28, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:57 pm and 4:33 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 42-67]","filename":["252-015-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:34:34","tapeEnd":"00:34:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"252-014","nextCode":"252-016","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon interacts with the White House operator in the Old Executive Office Building to facilitate telephonic communication. This brief engagement serves as a routine administrative coordination to place a call. No substantive policy matters or political strategy were captured in this exchange.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","administrative support","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:50:07.973Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-support","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"252-015-splice.mp3","bytes":256083,"durationSec":16.01,"bitrate":127937,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:24.784Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:11.459Z","originalFilename":["252a.mp3","252b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["252a.mp3"],"cutStart":2072.5,"cutEnd":2088.5,"adjustedStart":2072.5,"adjustedEnd":2088.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:24.784Z"},"transcript":[{"start":2078.36,"end":2081.67,"text":"So, what's new over at your shop today?"},{"start":2081.73,"end":2082.25,"text":"Yeah."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":2074,"end":2087,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","transcriptPrev":{"segments":2,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:13:33.447Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/252-015-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/252-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/252/conversation-252-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}