{"conversationCode":"002-103","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":103,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-103","startDateTime":"1971-05-06T13:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-06T13:10:00.000Z","startDate":"6-May-1971","startTime":"9:10 AM","endDate":"6-May-1971","endTime":"9:10 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:10 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-103 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. 2-103\n\nDate: May 6, 1971\nTime: 9:10 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n                                                                                               Back to Top\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n[See Conversation No. 493-3A]\n\n     Gerald R. Ford's location","filename":["002-103.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:43:25","tapeEnd":"03:43:33","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-102","nextCode":"002-104","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.8,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1,"end":3.2,"text":"Mr. President, Congressman Ford is out of breakfast."},{"start":3.22,"end":4.12,"text":"He can be reached."},{"start":4.14,"end":5.55,"text":"No, he can call me when he returns."},{"start":5.62,"end":6.26,"text":"Fifteen minutes."},{"start":6.28,"end":6.88,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon received a status update from the White House operator regarding the availability of Congressman Gerald R. Ford, who was attending a breakfast meeting. Upon learning that Ford could be reached, the President directed the operator to have Ford return his call in approximately fifteen minutes. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Gerald R. Ford","Scheduling","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:16:52.694Z"},"topicSlugs":["gerald-r-ford","scheduling","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-103.mp3","bytes":85285,"durationSec":6.84,"bitrate":99716,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:32.969Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-103.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-103","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-103","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}