{"conversationCode":"255-016","tapeNumber":255,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-255-016","startDateTime":"1971-06-07T18:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-07T18:49:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Jun-1971","startTime":"2:47 PM","endDate":"7-Jun-1971","endTime":"2:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 7, 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 2:47 pm and 2:49 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 255-016 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. 255-16\n\nDate: June 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:47 pm and 2:49 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 4-57]","filename":["255-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:24:51","tapeEnd":"00:24:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"255-015","nextCode":"255-017","transcript":[{"start":0.43,"end":0.63,"text":"Great."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief interaction serves primarily as a logistical step for the President to reach another party. No substantive policy discussions or significant historical developments occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Telecommunications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:01:32.797Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"255-016.mp3","bytes":288183,"durationSec":7.07,"bitrate":326213,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/255-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/255-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/255/conversation-255-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}