{"conversationCode":"002-087","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":87,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-087","startDateTime":"1971-05-05T16:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-05T17:13:00.000Z","startDate":"5-May-1971","startTime":"12:43 PM","endDate":"5-May-1971","endTime":"1:13 PM","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 12:43 pm and 1:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-087 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. 2-87\n\nDate: May 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:43 pm and 1:13 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 491-33B]\n\n     Call to John W. Dean, III","filename":["002-087.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:15:44","tapeEnd":"03:15:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-086","nextCode":"002-088","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.56,"text":"John Dean."},{"start":2.58,"end":2.97,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to John W. Dean, III. This brief exchange served as an administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and his White House Counsel. The conversation concluded once the connection to Dean was successfully initiated.","topics":["White House operator","John W. Dean III","administrative communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:15:26.698Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","john-w-dean-iii","administrative-communication"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-087.mp3","bytes":34070,"durationSec":2.93,"bitrate":92948,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-087.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-087","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-087","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}