{"conversationCode":"451-002","tapeNumber":451,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-451-002","startDateTime":"1971-02-18T14:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-02-18T14:56:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Feb-1971","startTime":"9:52 AM","endDate":"18-Feb-1971","endTime":"9:56 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:52 am and 9:56 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 451-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 451-2\n\nDate: February 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:52 am and 9:56 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n     Call to William L. Safire","filename":["451-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:06:17","tapeEnd":"00:08:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"451-001","nextCode":"451-003","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":1.25,"text":"I'm sorry."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to speechwriter William L. Safire. The interaction served as a brief administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and his staff. No further substantive discussion occurred during this short recording.","topics":["William L. Safire","White House operations","Communications","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:53:03.187Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-l-safire","white-house-operations","communications","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":107,"audioFiles":[{"file":"451-002.mp3","bytes":2561670,"durationSec":106.67,"bitrate":192122,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/451-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/451-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/451/conversation-451-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}