{"conversationCode":"003-021","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-021","startDateTime":"1971-05-12T20:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-12T20:30:00.000Z","startDate":"12-May-1971","startTime":"4:24 PM","endDate":"12-May-1971","endTime":"4:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-021 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. 003-021\n\nDate: May 12, 1971\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nTime: Unknown between 4:24 pm and 4:30 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Gerald R. Ford","filename":["003-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:24:52","tapeEnd":"00:25:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-020","nextCode":"003-022","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":3.11,"text":"Congressman Ford, please."},{"start":3.17,"end":4.1,"text":"Gerald Ford, right there."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman Gerald R. Ford. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to initiate a direct conversation between the President and the House Minority Leader. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief request.","topics":["Gerald R. Ford","Presidential communications","White House operations","Legislative relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:22:32.019Z"},"topicSlugs":["gerald-r-ford","presidential-communications","white-house-operations","legislative-relations"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-021.mp3","bytes":69632,"durationSec":5.37,"bitrate":103765,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.593Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}