{"conversationCode":"531-020","tapeNumber":531,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-531-020","startDateTime":"1971-06-28T22:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-28T22:47:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Jun-1971","startTime":"6:45 PM","endDate":"28-Jun-1971","endTime":"6:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 6:47 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 531-020 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. 531-20\n\nDate: June 28, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:45 pm and 6:47 pm\n\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 6-8]","filename":["531-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:41:57","tapeEnd":"01:42:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"531-019","nextCode":"531-021","transcript":[{"start":2.46,"end":4.22,"text":"I'm very sorry."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon communicated with a White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The brief exchange served as a functional interaction to initiate an outgoing call. No significant policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief administrative bridge.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:09:49.303Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"531-020.mp3","bytes":176379,"durationSec":4.28,"bitrate":330058,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.010Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/531-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/531-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/531/conversation-531-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}