{"conversationCode":"003-035","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":35,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-035","startDateTime":"1971-05-12T21:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-12T21:52:00.000Z","startDate":"12-May-1971","startTime":"5:52 PM","endDate":"12-May-1971","endTime":"5:52 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 5:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-035 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. 003-035\n\nDate: May 12, 1971\nTime: 5:52 pm\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 499-002/498-001H]\n\n     John W. Byrnes\n          -Location\n          -Return call","filename":["003-035.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:39:55","tapeEnd":"00:40:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-034","nextCode":"003-036","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.55,"text":"I find that Congressman John Burns of Wisconsin is en route home."},{"start":3.57,"end":4.98,"text":"Should I leave word at the residence?"},{"start":5.34,"end":6.77,"text":"Yes, you can call."},{"start":6.79,"end":7.19,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":7.21,"end":8.13,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to coordinate a follow-up communication with Congressman John W. Byrnes of Wisconsin. Upon learning that the Congressman was traveling home, the President instructed the operator to leave a message at Byrnes's residence. This exchange served as a logistical effort to facilitate a pending political conversation.","topics":["John W. Byrnes","logistics","White House communications","Congress"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:23:48.924Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-w-byrnes","logistics","white-house-communications","congress"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-035.mp3","bytes":109588,"durationSec":8.95,"bitrate":97915,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.595Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-035.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-035","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-035","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}