{"conversationCode":"495-005","tapeNumber":495,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-495-005","startDateTime":"1971-05-07T14:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-07T14:52:00.000Z","startDate":"7-May-1971","startTime":"10:49 AM","endDate":"7-May-1971","endTime":"10:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:49 am and 10:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 495-005 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. 495-5\n\nDate: May 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:49 am and 10:52 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 2-117]","filename":["495-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:06:08","tapeEnd":"00:08:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"495-004","nextCode":"495-006","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.45,"text":"Let's go."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to place an outgoing call. The discussion serves as a routine procedural step to facilitate communication through the White House switchboard. No substantive policy matters or historical developments were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Administrative procedure","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:09:31.930Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-procedure","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"495-005.mp3","bytes":362371,"durationSec":8.91,"bitrate":325366,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.990Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/495-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/495-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/495/conversation-495-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}