{"conversationCode":"001-040","tapeNumber":1,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-001-040","startDateTime":"1971-04-08T04:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-08T04:21:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Apr-1971","startTime":"11:14 PM","endDate":"7-Apr-1971","endTime":"11:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:14 pm and 11:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-040 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 1-40\n\nDate: April 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:14 pm and 11:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["001-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:27:44","tapeEnd":"01:27:50","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"001-039","nextCode":"001-041","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":1.18,"text":"Dr. Kism's place."},{"start":1.22,"end":1.46,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection to Henry Kissinger's residence. This brief administrative exchange served solely to bridge the communication gap between the President and his National Security Advisor late in the evening. No substantive policy discussions were recorded during this connection request.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House Operator","Communication","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T20:55:14.765Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operator","communication","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":2,"audioFiles":[{"file":"001-040.mp3","bytes":60185,"durationSec":2.42,"bitrate":198904,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.350Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/001-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/1/conversation-001-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}