{"conversationCode":"001-061","tapeNumber":1,"conversationNumber":61,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-001-061","startDateTime":"1971-04-09T18:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-09T18:47:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Apr-1971","startTime":"1:35 PM","endDate":"9-Apr-1971","endTime":"1:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-061 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. 1-61\n\nDate: April 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 476-21]\n\n     Call to Arthur F. Burns\n\nThe operator placed the call on hold at an unknown time.\n\n[No conversation]\n\n     Burns’ location","filename":["001-061.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:07:52","tapeEnd":"02:08:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"001-060","nextCode":"001-062","transcript":[{"start":0.07,"end":1.37,"text":"Oh, did you find Dr. Burns?"},{"start":2.4,"end":3.12,"text":"Arthur Burns."},{"start":3.22,"end":4.42,"text":"I placed a call for him."},{"start":4.44,"end":4.78,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.82,"end":5.36,"text":"Let me check."},{"start":5.38,"end":13.44,"text":"Now, Mr. President, he's at lunch, and they're getting word to him in the building, and he will call you."},{"start":13.46,"end":13.54,"text":"Fine."},{"start":13.78,"end":14.8,"text":"Don't worry."},{"start":14.82,"end":15.32,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him with Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur F. Burns. The operator informed the President that Burns was currently at lunch and that messages were being relayed to him to return the call. Nixon acknowledged this update and prepared to wait for the chairman to reach out.","topics":["Arthur F. Burns","Federal Reserve","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T20:57:08.439Z"},"topicSlugs":["arthur-f-burns","federal-reserve","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"001-061.mp3","bytes":381804,"durationSec":15.82,"bitrate":193034,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.350Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/001-061.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-061","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/1/conversation-001-061","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}