{"conversationCode":"253-003","tapeNumber":253,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-253-003","startDateTime":"1971-05-07T17:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-07T18:08:00.000Z","startDate":"7-May-1971","startTime":"1:03 PM","endDate":"7-May-1971","endTime":"2:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 7, 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 1:03 pm and 2:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 253-003 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. 253-3\n\nDate: May 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:03 pm and 2:08 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 2-120]","filename":["253-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:02:11","tapeEnd":"00:02:22","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"253-002","nextCode":"253-004","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":0.4,"text":"Please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call. The interaction is administrative in nature, serving solely to facilitate communication with an unidentified third party. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["telecommunications","White House operations","administrative support","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:53:08.162Z"},"topicSlugs":["telecommunications","white-house-operations","administrative-support","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"253-003.mp3","bytes":132365,"durationSec":3.17,"bitrate":334359,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/253-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/253-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/253/conversation-253-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}