{"conversationCode":"003-055","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":55,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-055","startDateTime":"1971-05-17T23:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-17T23:34:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1971","startTime":"7:30 PM","endDate":"17-May-1971","endTime":"7:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:30 pm and 7:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-055 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. 003-055\n\nDate: May 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:30 pm and 7:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["003-055.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:03:22","tapeEnd":"01:03:27","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-054","nextCode":"003-056","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.51,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to John D. Ehrlichman. The interaction served as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and his Assistant for Domestic Affairs. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","White House communications","administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:25:37.569Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-communications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-055.mp3","bytes":62549,"durationSec":3.53,"bitrate":141639,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.597Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-055.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-055","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-055","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}