{"conversationCode":"003-042","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-042","startDateTime":"1971-05-13T19:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-13T19:38:00.000Z","startDate":"13-May-1971","startTime":"3:35 PM","endDate":"13-May-1971","endTime":"3:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-042 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. 003-042\n\nDate: May 13, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 498-012]\n\n     Call to Dwight L. Chapin","filename":["003-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:54:05","tapeEnd":"00:54:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-041","nextCode":"003-043","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.58,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":1.68,"end":2.41,"text":"Chapin, please."},{"start":2.71,"end":3.68,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact his aide, Dwight L. Chapin. The exchange serves as a routine administrative request to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and a member of his staff. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this short communication.","topics":["Dwight L. Chapin","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:24:27.059Z"},"topicSlugs":["dwight-l-chapin","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-042.mp3","bytes":50625,"durationSec":4.09,"bitrate":98946,"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/003-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/003/conversation-003-042","catalogNaId":417188331,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417188331","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}