{"conversationCode":"254-022","tapeNumber":254,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-254-022","startDateTime":"1971-05-31T22:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-31T22:50:00.000Z","startDate":"31-May-1971","startTime":"6:42 PM","endDate":"31-May-1971","endTime":"6:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 6:42 pm and 6:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 254-022 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. 254-22\n\nDate: May 31, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:42 pm and 6:50 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 3-205]","filename":["254-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:40:04","tapeEnd":"01:40:16","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"254-021","nextCode":"254-023","transcript":[{"start":3.26,"end":4.66,"text":"Woof, woof, woof, woof."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal interaction with the White House operator within the Old Executive Office Building. The exchange consisted entirely of nonsensical vocalizations rather than substantive policy discussion or administrative business. No official developments or actionable decisions resulted from this recording.","topics":["White House communications","administrative staff","informal interaction"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:59:01.578Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","administrative-staff","informal-interaction"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"254-022.mp3","bytes":255791,"durationSec":6.25,"bitrate":327153,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/254-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/254-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/254/conversation-254-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}