{"conversationCode":"258-017","tapeNumber":258,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-258-017","startDateTime":"1971-06-14T23:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-14T23:55:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Jun-1971","startTime":"7:55 PM","endDate":"14-Jun-1971","endTime":"7:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 7:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 258-017 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. 258-17\n\nDate: June 14, 1971\nTime: 7:55 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 5-77]","filename":["258-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:30:49","tapeEnd":"00:30:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"258-016","nextCode":"258-018","transcript":[{"start":1.93,"end":2.36,"text":"Whoa!"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief, informal communication with the White House operator from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. The exchange serves primarily as a logistical check of the telecommunications system. No substantive policy discussions or significant administrative decisions occur during this short recorded interaction.","topics":["White House communications","telecommunications","presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:09:46.094Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telecommunications","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"258-017.mp3","bytes":169080,"durationSec":4.1,"bitrate":330215,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.006Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/258-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/258-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/258/conversation-258-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}