{"conversationCode":"258-036","tapeNumber":258,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-258-036","startDateTime":"1971-06-23T16:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-23T18:39:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jun-1971","startTime":"12:54 PM","endDate":"23-Jun-1971","endTime":"2:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 23, 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 12:54 pm and 2:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 258-036 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. 258-36\n\nDate: June 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:54 pm and 2:39 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 5-137]","filename":["258-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:55:00","tapeEnd":"00:56:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"258-035","nextCode":"258-037","transcript":[{"start":0.21,"end":2.66,"text":"A bear, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a call to a specific party referred to by the code name 'a bear.' This brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to facilitate an off-the-record or secure communication. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this request.","topics":["White House communications","telecommunications","operational logistics","presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:11:33.515Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telecommunications","operational-logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"258-036.mp3","bytes":259987,"durationSec":6.37,"bitrate":326455,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/258-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/258-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/258/conversation-258-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}