{"conversationCode":"001-051","tapeNumber":1,"conversationNumber":51,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-001-051","startDateTime":"1971-04-09T02:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-09T02:57:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Apr-1971","startTime":"9:57 PM","endDate":"8-Apr-1971","endTime":"9:57 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-051 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. 1-51\n\nDate: April 8, 1971\nTime: 9:57 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger's location","filename":["001-051.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:51:20","tapeEnd":"01:51:27","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"001-050","nextCode":"001-052","transcript":[{"start":0.07,"end":0.41,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":0.46,"end":1.12,"text":"Parliament, please."},{"start":1.42,"end":3.42,"text":"All right, and we're trying to locate Dr. Kissinger for you."},{"start":3.46,"end":3.83,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman. During this brief interaction, the President also inquired about the current location of National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This call highlights the President's efforts to coordinate urgent administrative and national security communications during the evening hours.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Henry Kissinger","Presidential communications","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T20:56:14.119Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","henry-kissinger","presidential-communications","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"001-051.mp3","bytes":100936,"durationSec":4.12,"bitrate":195885,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.350Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/001-051.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-051","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/1/conversation-001-051","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}