{"conversationCode":"253-017","tapeNumber":253,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-253-017","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T19:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T19:17:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"3:15 PM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"3:17 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 3:15 pm and 3:17 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 253-017 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. 253-17\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:15 pm and 3:17 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 003-135]","filename":["253-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:02:12","tapeEnd":"01:02:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"253-016","nextCode":"253-018","transcript":[{"start":3.39,"end":3.99,"text":"Julie, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief call to the White House operator to request a connection to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. This interaction served solely as a functional bridge to reach a family member. No policy matters or substantive government business were addressed during this short exchange.","topics":["Julie Nixon Eisenhower","Personal communications","White House operator"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:54:25.390Z"},"topicSlugs":["julie-nixon-eisenhower","personal-communications","white-house-operator"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"253-017.mp3","bytes":285965,"durationSec":7.02,"bitrate":325772,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/253-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/253-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/253/conversation-253-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}