{"conversationCode":"255-043","tapeNumber":255,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-255-043","startDateTime":"1971-06-04T18:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-04T18:34:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1971","startTime":"2:33 PM","endDate":"4-Jun-1971","endTime":"2:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 from 2:33 pm to 2:34 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 255-043 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. 255-43\n\nDate: June 4, 1971\nTime: 2:33 pm - 2:34 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 4-31]","filename":["255-043.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:04:10","tapeEnd":"00:04:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"255-042","nextCode":"255-044","transcript":[{"start":3.19,"end":4.82,"text":"What the?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon briefly interacts with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This interaction serves as a routine administrative step required to initiate a subsequent official conversation. No substantive policy matters or major developments occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Administrative logistics","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:04:06.640Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-logistics","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"255-043.mp3","bytes":223399,"durationSec":5.44,"bitrate":328319,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/255-043.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/255-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/255/conversation-255-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}