{"conversationCode":"263-012","tapeNumber":263,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-263-012","startDateTime":"1971-07-20T22:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-20T22:19:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jul-1971","startTime":"6:19 PM","endDate":"20-Jul-1971","endTime":"6:19 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:19 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 263-012 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. 263-12\n\nDate: July 20, 1971\nTime: 6:19 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 6-162]","filename":["263-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:35:28","tapeEnd":"03:35:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"263-011","nextCode":"263-013","transcript":[{"start":4.07,"end":4.35,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief exchange served as a logistical step for the President to initiate official communications. No substantive policy discussions or complex decision-making occurred during this administrative interaction.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","presidential logistics","administrative support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:24:08.105Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","presidential-logistics","administrative-support"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"263-012.mp3","bytes":204591,"durationSec":4.98,"bitrate":328693,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/263-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/263-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/263/conversation-263-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}