{"conversationCode":"002-083","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":83,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-083","startDateTime":"1971-05-05T14:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-05T14:30:00.000Z","startDate":"5-May-1971","startTime":"10:15 AM","endDate":"5-May-1971","endTime":"10:30 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 10:30 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-083 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. 2-83\n\nDate: May 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:15 am and 10:30 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 491-15]\n\n     Call to Harry F. Byrd, Jr.\n\n                                                                                               Back to Top\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["002-083.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:07:30","tapeEnd":"03:07:38","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-082","nextCode":"002-084","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.89,"text":"Senator Harry Bird, please."},{"start":3.97,"end":5.49,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr. The brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Senator. No further substantive policy matters are discussed in this recording.","topics":["Harry F. Byrd Jr.","Legislative relations","Presidential communication","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:15:04.167Z"},"topicSlugs":["harry-f-byrd-jr","legislative-relations","presidential-communication","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-083.mp3","bytes":66458,"durationSec":5.45,"bitrate":97627,"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/002-083.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-083","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-083","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}