{"conversationCode":"254-030","tapeNumber":254,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-254-030","startDateTime":"1971-05-31T23:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-31T23:23:00.000Z","startDate":"31-May-1971","startTime":"7:22 PM","endDate":"31-May-1971","endTime":"7:23 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 7:22 pm and 7:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 254-030 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. 254-30\n\nDate: May 31, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:22 pm and 7:23 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 3-211]","filename":["254-030.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:45:57","tapeEnd":"01:46:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"254-029","nextCode":"254-031","transcript":[{"start":3.65,"end":12.32,"text":"It would be very helpful if nobody was lying to us."},{"start":12.38,"end":14.32,"text":"It would be very helpful."},{"start":14.34,"end":16.34,"text":"It would be a great support of ours."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal exchange with a White House operator regarding the importance of transparency and truthfulness in ongoing communications. The discussion focused on the necessity of receiving accurate information to support the administration's objectives. No specific policy decisions were recorded during this short interaction.","topics":["White House communications","transparency","Presidential administration","information accuracy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:59:45.718Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","transparency","presidential-administration","information-accuracy"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"254-030.mp3","bytes":681064,"durationSec":16.9,"bitrate":322436,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/254-030.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/254-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/254/conversation-254-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}