{"conversationCode":"001-140","tapeNumber":1,"conversationNumber":140,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-001-140","startDateTime":"1971-04-18T14:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-18T14:49:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Apr-1971","startTime":"9:48 AM","endDate":"18-Apr-1971","endTime":"9:49 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Pierce, Nelson C., Jr.;","description":"On April 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson C. Pierce, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:48 am to 9:49 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-140 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. 1-140\n\nDate: April 18, 1971\nTime: 9:48 am - 9:49 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Nelson C. Pierce, Jr.\n\n     Military aide\n           -Location","filename":["001-140.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:20:38","tapeEnd":"04:21:06","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Pierce, Nelson C., Jr."],"prevCode":"001-139","nextCode":"001-141","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":0.33,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":0.71,"end":2.23,"text":"Mr. Pierce is our Mr. President."},{"start":2.35,"end":2.65,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":2.67,"end":3.67,"text":"Ready?"},{"start":4.27,"end":5.17,"text":"Yes, Mr. Pierce."},{"start":5.53,"end":11.07,"text":"I was trying to get a hold of the, who is the aid, the military aid?"},{"start":11.11,"end":12.25,"text":"Is the Naval Aid on today?"},{"start":12.27,"end":15.86,"text":"Sir, I haven't seen either one of them today."},{"start":15.88,"end":16.8,"text":"Well, that's right."},{"start":16.9,"end":18.2,"text":"I'll check."},{"start":18.22,"end":21.14,"text":"But I can have him try and contact you."},{"start":21.22,"end":24.16,"text":"Don't worry right now because I've got another, I think I've got another question I can call."},{"start":24.2,"end":24.52,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":24.58,"end":25.1,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":25.12,"end":25.42,"text":"You're welcome."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted military aide Nelson C. Pierce, Jr. to inquire about the whereabouts of the military and naval aides on duty. After learning that Pierce had not seen either official, the President opted to forgo further immediate assistance. Nixon decided to resolve his inquiry through an alternative contact, concluding the brief administrative check.","topics":["Presidential communications","Military aides","White House operations","Administrative inquiry"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:04:14.467Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","military-aides","white-house-operations","administrative-inquiry"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"001-140.mp3","bytes":630072,"durationSec":26.16,"bitrate":192670,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.350Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/001-140.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-140","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/1/conversation-001-140","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}