{"conversationCode":"001-147","tapeNumber":1,"conversationNumber":147,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-001-147","startDateTime":"1971-04-18T15:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-18T16:12:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Apr-1971","startTime":"10:48 AM","endDate":"18-Apr-1971","endTime":"11:12 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:48 am and 11:12 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-147 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. 1-147\n\fDate: April 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:48 am and 11:12 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Herbert G. Klein","filename":["001-147.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:48:34","tapeEnd":"04:48:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"001-146","nextCode":"001-148","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.71,"text":"Mr. Herb Klein, please."},{"start":1.73,"end":2.56,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with Herbert G. Klein, the White House Director of Communications. This brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and his communications chief. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occur during this brief operator-assisted request.","topics":["Herbert G. Klein","White House Communications","Logistics","Presidential Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:06:41.950Z"},"topicSlugs":["herbert-g-klein","white-house-communications","logistics","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"001-147.mp3","bytes":65827,"durationSec":2.67,"bitrate":197180,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.350Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/001-147.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-147","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/1/conversation-001-147","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}