{"conversationCode":"253-039","tapeNumber":253,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-253-039","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T23:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T23:35:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"7:10 PM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"7:35 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 7:10 pm and 7:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 253-039 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. 253-39\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:10 pm and 7:35 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 3-148]","filename":["253-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:03:07","tapeEnd":"03:03:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"253-038","nextCode":"253-040","transcript":[{"start":1.5,"end":3.44,"text":"I just placed a call with Ms. Hanks."},{"start":3.52,"end":7.15,"text":"She's at the National College of Fine Arts."},{"start":8.55,"end":12.88,"text":"I'd go ahead and reach her there and she'd like that."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to coordinate a telephonic communication with Ms. Hanks. The President directed the operator to locate and connect him to her at the National College of Fine Arts. The conversation functioned solely as a logistical request to facilitate this specific outreach.","topics":["White House logistics","Communication management","Ms. Hanks","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:56:26.960Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-logistics","communication-management","ms-hanks","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"253-039.mp3","bytes":529426,"durationSec":13.1,"bitrate":323304,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/253-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/253-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/253/conversation-253-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}