{"conversationCode":"253-011","tapeNumber":253,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-253-011","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T18:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T18:20:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"2:19 PM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"2:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 26, 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 2:19 pm and 2:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 253-011 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. 253-11\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:19 pm and 2:20 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 3-131]","filename":["253-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:45:51","tapeEnd":"00:46:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"253-010","nextCode":"253-012","transcript":[{"start":4.03,"end":4.33,"text":"Please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request to the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call. The exchange serves primarily as a logistical step to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:53:52.354Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"253-011.mp3","bytes":260887,"durationSec":6.4,"bitrate":326136,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/253-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/253-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/253/conversation-253-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}