{"conversationCode":"552-002","tapeNumber":552,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-552-002","startDateTime":"1971-07-30T13:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-30T14:23:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jul-1971","startTime":"9:54 AM","endDate":"30-Jul-1971","endTime":"10:23 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:23 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 552-002 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. 552-2\n\nDate: July 30, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:54 am and 10:23 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 7-37]","filename":["552-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:09:48","tapeEnd":"00:11:16","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"552-001","nextCode":"552-003","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.4,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. The conversation serves as a routine procedural step to bridge a call to another party. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were addressed during this exchange.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Administrative operations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:34:51.472Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-operations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"552-002.mp3","bytes":433420,"durationSec":10.69,"bitrate":324214,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/552-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/552-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/552/conversation-552-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}