{"conversationCode":"253-015","tapeNumber":253,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-253-015","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T18:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T19:12:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"2:21 PM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"3:12 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 2:21 pm and 3:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 253-015 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. 253-15\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:21 pm and 3:12 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 3-133]","filename":["253-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:58:33","tapeEnd":"00:59:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"253-014","nextCode":"253-016","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.21,"text":"Please."},{"start":0.27,"end":0.57,"text":"Ray Price."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to connect him with speechwriter and aide Ray Price. The interaction serves as a functional bridge to facilitate a subsequent conversation with a key member of the President's communications staff. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this short administrative exchange.","topics":["Ray Price","White House communications","administrative request","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:54:14.045Z"},"topicSlugs":["ray-price","white-house-communications","administrative-request","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"253-015.mp3","bytes":438520,"durationSec":10.84,"bitrate":323688,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.696Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:11.629Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/253-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/253-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/253/conversation-253-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}