{"conversationCode":"559-015","tapeNumber":559,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-559-015","startDateTime":"1971-08-10T18:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-10T18:33:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Aug-1971","startTime":"2:31 PM","endDate":"10-Aug-1971","endTime":"2:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 2:33 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 559-015 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 559-015\n\nDate: August 10, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:31 pm and 2:33 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 7-84]","filename":["559-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:45:54","tapeEnd":"02:46:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"559-014","nextCode":"559-016","transcript":[{"start":1.11,"end":1.98,"text":"Clicker, come."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon summoned the White House operator to his office to assist with initiating a telephone call. The exchange serves as a brief administrative interaction to facilitate communication. No substantive policy matters or political developments were addressed during this short encounter.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential communications","Administrative support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:43:58.090Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-communications","administrative-support"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"559-015.mp3","bytes":247808,"durationSec":6.08,"bitrate":326070,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.012Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/559-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/559-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/559/conversation-559-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}