{"conversationCode":"002-128","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":128,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-128","startDateTime":"1971-05-09T03:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-09T04:16:00.000Z","startDate":"8-May-1971","startTime":"11:45 PM","endDate":"9-May-1971","endTime":"12:16 AM","dateCertainty":"estimated","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 11:45 pm on May 8, 1971 and 12:16 am on May 9, 1971. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-128 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. 2-128\n\nDate: Unknown between May 8, 1971 and May 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:45 pm, May 8 and 12:16 am, May 9\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to John N. Mitchell\n\n                                                                                               Back to Top\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["002a.mp3","002b.mp3","002c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:56:42","tapeEnd":"04:56:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-127","nextCode":"002-129","tapeTranscriptFile":"002a.mp3,002b.mp3,002c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":17807.29,"end":17808,"text":"Ie, dyna beth dwi'n ei ddweud."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":17802,"end":17808,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a telephone call to Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The conversation was purely functional, serving as a brief directive from the President to connect him with a key member of his cabinet. No substantive policy discussions or policy decisions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","White House communications","Presidential directive","Attorney General"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:19:09.744Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","white-house-communications","presidential-directive","attorney-general"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002a.mp3","bytes":117327328,"durationSec":7382.59,"bitrate":127139,"missing":false},{"file":"002b.mp3","bytes":117042819,"durationSec":7334.19,"bitrate":127668,"missing":false},{"file":"002c.mp3","bytes":113843980,"durationSec":7132.29,"bitrate":127694,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.569Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:32.972Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-128","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-128","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}