{"conversationCode":"003-030","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-030","startDateTime":"1971-05-12T21:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-12T21:41:00.000Z","startDate":"12-May-1971","startTime":"5:37 PM","endDate":"12-May-1971","endTime":"5:41 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 5:37 pm and 5:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-030 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. 003-030\n\nDate: May 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:37 pm and 5:41 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 499-002D]\n\n     Call to Wilbur D. Mills","filename":["003-030.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:32:32","tapeEnd":"00:32:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-029","nextCode":"003-031","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.04,"text":"Congressman Mills, please, of Arkansas."},{"start":3.06,"end":4.59,"text":"Right, thank you Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman Wilbur D. Mills of Arkansas. This administrative interaction served as the necessary bridge to facilitate a direct discussion between the President and the powerful Ways and Means Committee Chairman. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection.","topics":["Wilbur D. Mills","Executive communication","Congressional relations","Legislative affairs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:23:22.184Z"},"topicSlugs":["wilbur-d-mills","executive-communication","congressional-relations","legislative-affairs"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-030.mp3","bytes":58109,"durationSec":4.69,"bitrate":99198,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.594Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-030.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}