{"conversationCode":"002-007","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-007","startDateTime":"1971-04-20T20:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-20T20:47:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1971","startTime":"3:35 PM","endDate":"20-Apr-1971","endTime":"3:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-007 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. 2-7\n\nDate: April 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:35 pm and 3:47 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 483-17A]\n\n     Call to John B. Connally\n\n                                                                                               Back to Top\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["002-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:09:08","tapeEnd":"00:09:14","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-006","nextCode":"002-008","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.62,"text":"Secretary Conway, please."},{"start":1.77,"end":2.61,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.69,"end":3.87,"text":"You and Abe."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a conference call to Treasury Secretary John B. Connally and Abe Fortas. This brief communication served solely as a logistical request to connect the President with these two individuals. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this exchange.","topics":["John B. Connally","Abe Fortas","White House communications","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:08:05.174Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","abe-fortas","white-house-communications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-007.mp3","bytes":111594,"durationSec":4.57,"bitrate":195435,"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/002-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/002/conversation-002-007","catalogNaId":417187981,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417187981","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}