{"conversationCode":"002-075","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":75,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-075","startDateTime":"1971-05-04T20:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-04T20:27:00.000Z","startDate":"4-May-1971","startTime":"4:22 PM","endDate":"4-May-1971","endTime":"4:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:22 pm and 4:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-075 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. 2-75\n\nDate: May 4, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:22 pm and 4:27 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 490-24E]\n\n     Call to Richard G. Kleindienst","filename":["002-075.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:56:46","tapeEnd":"02:56:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-074","nextCode":"002-076","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.7,"text":"Operator."},{"start":1.72,"end":2.65,"text":"Line these, please."},{"start":2.87,"end":4.04,"text":"Climbing, sure."},{"start":4.12,"end":5.05,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Deputy Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst. This brief exchange serves as a procedural step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and a key Justice Department official. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occur during this short administrative interaction.","topics":["Richard G. Kleindienst","White House communications","Department of Justice","Administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:14:20.565Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-g-kleindienst","white-house-communications","department-of-justice","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-075.mp3","bytes":58539,"durationSec":5.03,"bitrate":93160,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.569Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-075.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-075","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-075","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}