{"conversationCode":"003-020","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-020","startDateTime":"1971-05-12T20:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-12T20:24:00.000Z","startDate":"12-May-1971","startTime":"4:24 PM","endDate":"12-May-1971","endTime":"4:24 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-020 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. 003-020\n\nDate: May 12, 1971\nTime: 4:24 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon\n          -Location\n          -President's return call","filename":["003-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:24:42","tapeEnd":"00:24:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-019","nextCode":"003-021","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.45,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":0.47,"end":1.76,"text":"Mrs. Nixon's at the head."},{"start":1.78,"end":3.29,"text":"Shall I reach her there, sir?"},{"start":3.83,"end":4.93,"text":"Oh, no."},{"start":4.96,"end":8.11,"text":"I'll call her later."},{"start":8.13,"end":8.57,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to determine the location of First Lady Pat Nixon. Upon learning she was at her residence, the President decided against initiating a call at that time. He concluded the brief exchange by informing the operator that he would reach out to her later.","topics":["Pat Nixon","White House operations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:22:26.840Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-020.mp3","bytes":110592,"durationSec":8.72,"bitrate":101417,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}