{"conversationCode":"491-017","tapeNumber":491,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-491-017","startDateTime":"1971-05-05T14:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-05T14:27:00.000Z","startDate":"5-May-1971","startTime":"10:15 AM","endDate":"5-May-1971","endTime":"10:27 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 10:27 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 491-017 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. 491-17\n\nDate: May 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:15 am and 10:27 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 2-85]","filename":["491-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:11:55","tapeEnd":"03:12:22","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"491-016","nextCode":"491-018","transcript":[{"start":3.29,"end":4.51,"text":"Spectator alert, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a call to an individual referred to as a \"spectator.\" This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to initiate a communication or meeting with an external party. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential communication","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:03:58.312Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"491-017.mp3","bytes":275644,"durationSec":6.76,"bitrate":326423,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.990Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:49.981Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/491-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/491-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/491/conversation-491-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}