{"conversationCode":"002-089","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":89,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-089","startDateTime":"1971-05-05T19:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-05T19:31:00.000Z","startDate":"5-May-1971","startTime":"3:01 PM","endDate":"5-May-1971","endTime":"3:31 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 3:01 pm and 3:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-089 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. 2-89\n\nDate: May 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:01 pm and 3:31 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 492-3A]\n\n     Call from Dr. Charles Chasler","filename":["002-089.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:17:29","tapeEnd":"03:17:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-088","nextCode":"002-090","transcript":[{"start":0.71,"end":2.8,"text":"Mr. President, I have Dr. Chasler."},{"start":4.24,"end":4.79,"text":"Can you take the call?"},{"start":4.97,"end":6.82,"text":"I'm sorry, I can't take it now."},{"start":6.83,"end":7.7,"text":"Would you hold the calls?"},{"start":7.76,"end":9.93,"text":"Sorry, I'll have to try it later."},{"start":9.95,"end":10.94,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator regarding an incoming call from Dr. Charles Chasler. Due to time constraints or competing priorities, the President declined to take the call at that moment. He subsequently instructed the operator to hold his incoming calls for the time being.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential schedule","Charles Chasler","Telephone protocols"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:15:37.856Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-schedule","charles-chasler","telephone-protocols"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-089.mp3","bytes":126208,"durationSec":10.89,"bitrate":92700,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-089.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-089","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-089","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}