{"conversationCode":"498-013","tapeNumber":498,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-498-013","startDateTime":"1971-05-13T19:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-13T19:38:00.000Z","startDate":"13-May-1971","startTime":"3:35 PM","endDate":"13-May-1971","endTime":"3:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 498-013 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. 498-013\n\nDate: May 13, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:35 pm 3:38 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 3-43]","filename":["498-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:27:05","tapeEnd":"04:27:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"498-012","nextCode":"498-014","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.02,"text":"Senator Glenn Bell of Maryland."},{"start":4.04,"end":5.13,"text":"He's at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Carmel, Maryland."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Senator Glenn Beall of Maryland. The operator confirmed the Senator's current location at Sacred Heart Hospital in Cumberland, Maryland. This administrative exchange served as the necessary logistical precursor to establish direct contact between the President and the Senator.","topics":["Glenn Beall","White House communications","telecommunications","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:15:28.594Z"},"topicSlugs":["glenn-beall","white-house-communications","telecommunications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"498-013.mp3","bytes":333113,"durationSec":8.18,"bitrate":325683,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.346Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/498-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/498-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/498/conversation-498-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}