{"conversationCode":"003-060","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":60,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-060","startDateTime":"1971-05-18T22:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-18T22:34:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1971","startTime":"6:34 PM","endDate":"18-May-1971","endTime":"6:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Klein, Herbert G.;","description":"On May 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Herbert G. Klein talked on the telephone at 6:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-060 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. 003-060\n\nDate: May 18, 1971\nTime: 6:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 500-030A]\n\nThe President conferred with Herbert G. Klein.\n\n     Previous meeting with business magazine editors\n          -Results\n\n[End of conferral]\n\n     Call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["003-060.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:13:39","tapeEnd":"01:13:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Klein, Herbert G."],"prevCode":"003-059","nextCode":"003-061","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.31,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.43,"end":3.58,"text":"You got Mrs. Nixon, please."},{"start":3.72,"end":5,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with White House Director of Communications Herbert G. Klein to review the outcomes of a recent meeting with business magazine editors. Following their assessment of the media engagement, the President requested that the operator connect him to First Lady Pat Nixon. The discussion served as a brief administrative coordination regarding public relations and personal communication.","topics":["Herbert G. Klein","Public Relations","Business Media","Pat Nixon","White House Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:26:05.262Z"},"topicSlugs":["herbert-g-klein","public-relations","business-media","pat-nixon","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-060.mp3","bytes":64214,"durationSec":5.24,"bitrate":97950,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.598Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-060.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-060","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-060","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}