{"conversationCode":"253-036","tapeNumber":253,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-253-036","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T23:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T23:10:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"7:01 PM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"7:10 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 7:01 pm and 7:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 253-036 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. 253-36\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:01 pm and 7:10 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 3-146]","filename":["253-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:01:30","tapeEnd":"03:01:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"253-035","nextCode":"253-037","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":1.79,"text":"Nancy Hanks, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Nancy Hanks, the Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. This brief interaction served as a logistical request to initiate communication with the administration official. No further substantive policy discussion or policy directives were recorded during this exchange.","topics":["Nancy Hanks","National Endowment for the Arts","White House communications","presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:56:11.170Z"},"topicSlugs":["nancy-hanks","national-endowment-for-the-arts","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"253-036.mp3","bytes":202373,"durationSec":4.93,"bitrate":328152,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/253-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/253-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/253/conversation-253-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}