{"conversationCode":"002-042","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-042","startDateTime":"1971-04-26T23:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-26T23:55:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Apr-1971","startTime":"7:55 PM","endDate":"26-Apr-1971","endTime":"7:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-042 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. 2-42\n\nDate: April 26, 1971\nTime: 7:55 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to James L. Buckley","filename":["002-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:26:16","tapeEnd":"01:26:22","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-041","nextCode":"002-043","transcript":[{"start":0.67,"end":3.71,"text":"Senator Buckley, please."},{"start":3.75,"end":4.46,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a phone call to connect with Senator James L. Buckley. The brief interaction serves primarily as a logistical request for the White House operator to facilitate communication with the Senator. No further discussion is captured on the recording.","topics":["James L. Buckley","White House operator","communication logistics","Presidential outreach"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:11:24.810Z"},"topicSlugs":["james-l-buckley","white-house-operator","communication-logistics","presidential-outreach"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-042.mp3","bytes":62630,"durationSec":5.64,"bitrate":88822,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.569Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}