{"conversationCode":"002-035","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":35,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-035","startDateTime":"1971-04-23T18:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-23T18:11:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Apr-1971","startTime":"1:11 PM","endDate":"23-Apr-1971","endTime":"1:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-035 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. 2-35\n\nDate: April 23, 1971\nTime: 1:11 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 487-17]\n\n     Robert A. Taft, Jr's location\n\n     Call to Herbert R. (“Chief”) Rainwater\n\n                                                                                               Back to Top\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["002-035.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:10:58","tapeEnd":"01:11:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-034","nextCode":"002-036","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":1.96,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.98,"end":4.96,"text":"Mr. President, Senator Taft is in Hot Springs until Sunday evening."},{"start":5,"end":5.61,"text":"I have a number."},{"start":5.67,"end":7.41,"text":"May I reach him?"},{"start":7.43,"end":8.23,"text":"Yeah, you can reach him there."},{"start":8.27,"end":12.75,"text":"And also, I'd like to talk to Mr. Rainwater, the head of the American VFW."},{"start":12.77,"end":13.99,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate two specific communications while managing his schedule. He requested that the operator reach Senator Robert A. Taft, Jr. at his current location in Hot Springs and initiated a follow-up call to Herbert R. “Chief” Rainwater, the head of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). This brief exchange served as an administrative directive to coordinate these outreach efforts.","topics":["Robert A. Taft Jr.","Herbert R. Rainwater","Veterans of Foreign Wars","White House communications","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:10:46.115Z"},"topicSlugs":["robert-a-taft-jr","herbert-r-rainwater","veterans-of-foreign-wars","white-house-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-035.mp3","bytes":153450,"durationSec":13.97,"bitrate":87858,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:32.961Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-035.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-035","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-035","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}