{"conversationCode":"258-046","tapeNumber":258,"conversationNumber":46,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-258-046","startDateTime":"1971-06-23T19:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-23T19:19:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jun-1971","startTime":"3:19 PM","endDate":"23-Jun-1971","endTime":"3:19 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 3:19 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 258-046 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. 258-46\n\nDate: June 23, 1971\nTime: 3:19 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 5-146]","filename":["258-046.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:12:28","tapeEnd":"01:12:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"258-045","nextCode":"258-047","transcript":[{"start":2.87,"end":3.1,"text":"Oh, no!"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This recording captures only the preliminary logistical exchange between the President and the switchboard staff. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions occur during this brief communication.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:12:27.776Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"258-046.mp3","bytes":140868,"durationSec":3.37,"bitrate":333937,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/258-046.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/258-046","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/258/conversation-258-046","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}