{"conversationCode":"254-008","tapeNumber":254,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-254-008","startDateTime":"1971-05-31T18:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-31T18:25:00.000Z","startDate":"31-May-1971","startTime":"2:25 PM","endDate":"31-May-1971","endTime":"2:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 31, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 254-008 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. 254-8\n\nDate: May 31, 1971\nTime: 2:25 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 3-193]","filename":["254-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:22:50","tapeEnd":"01:23:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"254-007","nextCode":"254-009","transcript":[{"start":3.88,"end":5.64,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.67,"end":8.51,"text":"I'll let it go."},{"start":10.33,"end":11.33,"text":"No problem."},{"start":11.37,"end":17.86,"text":"I'll have you messaged your, uh, uh, everything."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator regarding the management of his incoming messages and communications. This brief administrative interaction served to coordinate the handling of the President's correspondence and telephony. No substantive policy decisions were reached during this exchange.","topics":["White House administration","telecommunications","administrative logistics","presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:57:43.635Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","telecommunications","administrative-logistics","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"254-008.mp3","bytes":734354,"durationSec":18.21,"bitrate":322575,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/254-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/254-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/254/conversation-254-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}