{"conversationCode":"002-036","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-036","startDateTime":"1971-04-23T18:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-23T18:32:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Apr-1971","startTime":"1:14 PM","endDate":"23-Apr-1971","endTime":"1:32 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:32 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-036 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. 2-36\n\nDate: April 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:14 pm and 1:32 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 487-19A]\n\n     Robert A. Taft, Jr's location\n\n     Call to Herbert R. (“Chief”) Rainwater","filename":["002-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:11:12","tapeEnd":"01:11:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-035","nextCode":"002-037","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.57,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.59,"end":3.98,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Tapp is on the golf course."},{"start":4,"end":5,"text":"No, that's right."},{"start":5.04,"end":7.52,"text":"May I leave words?"},{"start":7.54,"end":8.72,"text":"No, it's not necessary."},{"start":9.01,"end":11.97,"text":"I'll talk to him in a couple of days."},{"start":11.99,"end":15.06,"text":"I see, and I'm trying to reach Mr. Rainwater for you."},{"start":15.08,"end":16.08,"text":"Yeah, all right, thank you."},{"start":16.26,"end":17.5,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to coordinate outreach to Robert A. Taft, Jr. and Herbert R. Rainwater. Upon learning that Taft was unavailable due to being on a golf course, Nixon decided not to leave a message and opted to delay the contact. The operator continued efforts to connect the President with Rainwater as part of his ongoing communication schedule.","topics":["Robert A. Taft, Jr.","Herbert R. Rainwater","Presidential communication","White House operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:10:51.336Z"},"topicSlugs":["robert-a-taft-jr","herbert-r-rainwater","presidential-communication","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-036.mp3","bytes":192434,"durationSec":17.48,"bitrate":88056,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/002/conversation-002-036","catalogNaId":417188037,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417188037","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}