{"conversationCode":"253-029","tapeNumber":253,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-253-029","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T22:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T22:42:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"6:33 PM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"6:42 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 6:33 pm and 6:42 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 253-029 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. 253-29\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:33 pm and 6:42 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 3-141]","filename":["253-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:46:38","tapeEnd":"02:46:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"253-028","nextCode":"253-030","transcript":[{"start":2.45,"end":7.8,"text":"I'll make a call when he gets there."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a planned communication. He instructed the operator to place an outgoing call once the recipient arrived at their destination. No further policy or administrative business was conducted during this brief exchange.","topics":["telecommunications","logistics","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:55:31.459Z"},"topicSlugs":["telecommunications","logistics","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"253-029.mp3","bytes":327761,"durationSec":8.06,"bitrate":325217,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.006Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/253-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/253-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/253/conversation-253-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}