{"conversationCode":"253-027","tapeNumber":253,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-253-027","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T22:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T22:33:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"6:17 PM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"6:33 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 6:17 pm and 6:33 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 253-027 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. 253-27\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:17 pm and 6:33 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 3-139]","filename":["253-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:45:51","tapeEnd":"02:46:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"253-026","nextCode":"253-028","transcript":[{"start":7.29,"end":7.71,"text":"birthday."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator regarding an unspecified individual's birthday. This brief interaction served to facilitate a personal or professional outreach initiated by the President. No further policy or administrative developments were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operations","personal correspondence","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:55:20.912Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","personal-correspondence","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"253-027.mp3","bytes":443745,"durationSec":10.97,"bitrate":323568,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:11.631Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/253-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/253-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/253/conversation-253-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}