{"conversationCode":"254-018","tapeNumber":254,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-254-018","startDateTime":"1971-05-31T22:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-31T22:20:00.000Z","startDate":"31-May-1971","startTime":"6:20 PM","endDate":"31-May-1971","endTime":"6:20 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 6:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 254-018 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. 254-18\n\nDate: May 31, 1971\nTime: 6:20 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 3-202]","filename":["254-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:32:05","tapeEnd":"01:32:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"254-017","nextCode":"254-019","transcript":[{"start":0.12,"end":4.97,"text":"Oh, I know he's home already."},{"start":5.15,"end":8.2,"text":"Uh, that's all right."},{"start":9.22,"end":11.8,"text":"He can call when he gets there."},{"start":11.86,"end":14.92,"text":"No, no, no."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to manage a pending communication with an unidentified individual. The President confirmed the recipient's current status and indicated that a return call should be placed once the individual arrived at their destination. No significant policy decisions were reached, as the brief exchange focused solely on logistics for reaching a specific party.","topics":["Telecommunications","White House Operations","Logistics","Presidential Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:58:38.675Z"},"topicSlugs":["telecommunications","white-house-operations","logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"254-018.mp3","bytes":621505,"durationSec":15.4,"bitrate":322878,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/254-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/254-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/254/conversation-254-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}