{"conversationCode":"002-005","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-005","startDateTime":"1971-04-19T23:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-20T00:24:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Apr-1971","startTime":"6:56 PM","endDate":"19-Apr-1971","endTime":"7:24 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:56 pm and 7:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-005 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. 2-5\n\nDate: April 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:56 pm and 7:24 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\n                                                                                               Back to Top\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["002-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:07:00","tapeEnd":"00:07:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-004","nextCode":"002-006","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.83,"text":"Call him in, please."},{"start":1.85,"end":2.72,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to his Chief of Staff, H. R. Haldeman, by requesting assistance from the White House operator. The brief interaction serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate an immediate discussion between the President and his senior advisor. No substantive policy matters are addressed in this short administrative exchange.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House operations","Administrative protocol","Executive communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:07:53.467Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","administrative-protocol","executive-communication"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-005.mp3","bytes":90278,"durationSec":3.68,"bitrate":196487,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:32.957Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}