{"conversationCode":"502-016","tapeNumber":502,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-502-016","startDateTime":"1971-05-20T18:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-20T18:08:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1971","startTime":"2:05 PM","endDate":"20-May-1971","endTime":"2:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:05 pm and 2:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 502-016 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. 502-16\n\nDate: May 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:05 pm and 2:08 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 3-86]","filename":["502-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:26:20","tapeEnd":"02:26:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"502-015","nextCode":"502-017","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":1.67,"text":"Congressman Harris, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to request a telephone connection with Congressman Harris. This brief administrative interaction serves as a bridge to facilitate communication between the President and a member of Congress. The primary outcome of the exchange is the commencement of the dialing process to reach the congressman.","topics":["Presidential communication","Congressman Harris","White House operator","Legislative outreach"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:25:58.260Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communication","congressman-harris","white-house-operator","legislative-outreach"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"502-016.mp3","bytes":148167,"durationSec":3.58,"bitrate":331370,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/502-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/502-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/502/conversation-502-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}