{"conversationCode":"002-081","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":81,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-081","startDateTime":"1971-05-05T00:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-05T00:02:00.000Z","startDate":"4-May-1971","startTime":"8:02 PM","endDate":"4-May-1971","endTime":"8:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 8:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-081 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. 2-81\n\nDate: May 4, 1971\nTime: 8:02 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Call from Arthur F. Burns\n\n                                                                                               Back to Top\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["002-081.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:04:55","tapeEnd":"03:05:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-080","nextCode":"002-082","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":2.41,"text":"No."},{"start":2.43,"end":5.13,"text":"President, I had Dr. Arthur Byrne calling me."},{"start":5.16,"end":5.52,"text":"All right, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"The White House operator informs President Nixon that Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur F. Burns is attempting to reach him by telephone. Nixon acknowledges the notification, authorizing the operator to facilitate the connection. This brief interaction serves as a preliminary administrative step to bridge a direct communication line between the President and the Chairman.","topics":["Arthur F. Burns","Federal Reserve","Presidential communications","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:14:53.417Z"},"topicSlugs":["arthur-f-burns","federal-reserve","presidential-communications","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-081.mp3","bytes":128237,"durationSec":7.54,"bitrate":136053,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:32.967Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-081.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-081","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-081","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}