{"conversationCode":"002-051","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":51,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-051","startDateTime":"1971-04-27T23:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-28T00:16:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Apr-1971","startTime":"7:45 PM","endDate":"27-Apr-1971","endTime":"8:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:45 pm and 8:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-051 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. 2-51\n\nDate: April 27, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:45 pm and 8:16 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger's location\n                                                                                               Back to Top\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["002-051.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:35:13","tapeEnd":"01:35:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-050","nextCode":"002-052","transcript":[{"start":2.14,"end":2.71,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.73,"end":4.86,"text":"Uh, Dr. Kissinger's in the barber chair now."},{"start":5,"end":5.57,"text":"Oh, fine."},{"start":5.59,"end":6.22,"text":"When he finishes."},{"start":6.38,"end":7,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to determine the availability of National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. Upon learning that Kissinger was currently occupied in the barber chair, the President requested to be notified once he finished. This brief interaction served as a logistical coordination to facilitate an upcoming discussion between the two men.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House logistics","Scheduling","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:12:13.674Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-logistics","scheduling","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-051.mp3","bytes":87704,"durationSec":7.87,"bitrate":89195,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.569Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:32.963Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-051.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-051","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-051","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}