{"conversationCode":"002-059","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":59,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-059","startDateTime":"1971-04-30T02:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-30T02:08:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Apr-1971","startTime":"10:08 PM","endDate":"29-Apr-1971","endTime":"10:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-059 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. 2-59\n\nDate: April 29, 1971\nTime: 10:08 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Carl B. Albert's location\n\n     Call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["002-059.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:12:44","tapeEnd":"02:13:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-058","nextCode":"002-060","transcript":[{"start":0.74,"end":2.82,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.84,"end":3.99,"text":"Mr. Berglund?"},{"start":4.03,"end":4.69,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4.81,"end":6.75,"text":"I'm trying to reach the speaker."},{"start":6.77,"end":10.64,"text":"He is attending a dinner with the City Chamber of Commerce tonight."},{"start":10.66,"end":11.38,"text":"And he hasn't reached home yet."},{"start":11.4,"end":13.28,"text":"Would you like me to leave any word?"},{"start":13.3,"end":13.44,"text":"No, no."},{"start":13.68,"end":14.14,"text":"I'll call on the bus."},{"start":14.16,"end":14.51,"text":"All right."},{"start":14.53,"end":15.59,"text":"Good try, Mr. Pollack."},{"start":15.61,"end":16.05,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to reach Speaker of the House Carl B. Albert via the White House operator to discuss an unspecified matter. Upon learning that Albert was attending a Chamber of Commerce dinner and unavailable at home, the President opted not to leave a message. He instead directed the operator to connect him with H.R. Haldeman to continue his evening communications.","topics":["Carl B. Albert","H.R. Haldeman","Congressional relations","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:12:53.320Z"},"topicSlugs":["carl-b-albert","h-r-haldeman","congressional-relations","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-059.mp3","bytes":316635,"durationSec":16.76,"bitrate":151170,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-059.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-059","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-059","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}