{"conversationCode":"002-118","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":118,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-118","startDateTime":"1971-05-07T14:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-07T14:52:00.000Z","startDate":"7-May-1971","startTime":"10:49 AM","endDate":"7-May-1971","endTime":"10:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:49 am and 10:52 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-118 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. 2-118\n\nDate: May 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:49 am and 10:52 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n                                                                                               Back to Top\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 495-6]\n\n     Barry M. Goldwater's schedule\n          -Location\n\n     Call to Goldwater's secretary","filename":["002-118-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:12:55","tapeEnd":"04:13:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-117","nextCode":"002-119","tapeTranscriptFile":"002a.mp3,002b.mp3,002c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":15383.86,"end":15387.68,"text":"Diolch yn fawr iawn am hynny."},{"start":15387.82,"end":15394.79,"text":"Roeddwn i wedi cymryd eich cysylltiad gyda chi."},{"start":15394.97,"end":15398.43,"text":"Roeddwn i wedi cymryd eich cysylltiad gyda chi."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":15385,"end":15410,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to coordinate a call regarding Senator Barry Goldwater’s schedule. The primary objective was to reach Goldwater’s secretary to confirm the Senator’s current location and availability. The interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Senator.","topics":["Barry M. Goldwater","White House operations","Scheduling","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:18:14.529Z"},"topicSlugs":["barry-m-goldwater","white-house-operations","scheduling","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-118-splice.mp3","bytes":447486,"durationSec":28,"bitrate":127838,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:14.072Z","originalFilename":["002a.mp3","002b.mp3","002c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["002c.mp3"],"cutStart":15383.5,"cutEnd":15411.5,"adjustedStart":15383.5,"adjustedEnd":15411.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"medium","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:14.072Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":1,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T05:07:56.831Z"},"findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:32.971Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-118-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-118","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-118","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}