{"conversationCode":"255-002","tapeNumber":255,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-255-002","startDateTime":"1971-06-04T18:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-04T18:33:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1971","startTime":"2:24 PM","endDate":"4-Jun-1971","endTime":"2:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 4, 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 2:24 pm and 2:33 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 255-002 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. 255-2\n\nDate: June 4, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:24 pm and 2:33 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 4-29]","filename":["255-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:48","tapeEnd":"00:01:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"255-001","nextCode":"255-003","transcript":[{"start":0.87,"end":3.77,"text":"Come on, baby."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The conversation consists entirely of the President prompting the operator to complete the connection to his intended recipient. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operator","telecommunications","presidential administration","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:00:13.420Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","presidential-administration","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"255-002.mp3","bytes":169064,"durationSec":4.1,"bitrate":330215,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/255-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/255-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/255/conversation-255-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}