{"conversationCode":"003-029","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-029","startDateTime":"1971-05-11T21:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-11T21:27:00.000Z","startDate":"11-May-1971","startTime":"5:27 PM","endDate":"11-May-1971","endTime":"5:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-029 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. 003-029\n\nDate: May 12, 1971\nTime: 5:37 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 499-002/498-001C]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n     John J. McFall\n          -Location\n          -Return call","filename":["003-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:32:18","tapeEnd":"00:32:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-028","nextCode":"003-030","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.08,"text":"I find that Congressman McFaul's been moved home."},{"start":2.1,"end":3.64,"text":"It'll be about 25 minutes."},{"start":3.7,"end":4.84,"text":"Should I leave word?"},{"start":10.02,"end":10.7,"text":"Yeah, yeah."},{"start":10.9,"end":11.56,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a return call to Congressman John J. McFall. After being informed that the Congressman had recently returned home, Nixon directed the operator to leave a message regarding the call. This exchange served as a logistical coordination effort to facilitate communication between the President and the Congressman.","topics":["John J. McFall","Communication","Legislative liaison","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:23:16.312Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-j-mcfall","communication","legislative-liaison","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-029.mp3","bytes":159744,"durationSec":12.75,"bitrate":100231,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.594Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}