{"conversationCode":"253-038","tapeNumber":253,"conversationNumber":38,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-253-038","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T23:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T23:10:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"7:10 PM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"7:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 7:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 253-038 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. 253-38\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: 7:10 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 3-147]","filename":["253-038.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:02:54","tapeEnd":"03:03:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"253-037","nextCode":"253-039","transcript":[{"start":1.35,"end":1.69,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":4.48,"end":4.56,"text":"No."},{"start":4.64,"end":7.14,"text":"Oh, don't bother."},{"start":7.2,"end":7.42,"text":"Thanks."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to discuss an outgoing call request. Upon realizing the necessity of the call had changed, he promptly instructed the operator to cancel the connection. No further administrative or political business was conducted during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operator","telecommunications","administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:56:21.740Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"253-038.mp3","bytes":319402,"durationSec":7.84,"bitrate":326040,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.006Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/253-038.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/253-038","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/253/conversation-253-038","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}