{"conversationCode":"003-066","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":66,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-066","startDateTime":"1971-05-19T17:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-19T17:18:00.000Z","startDate":"19-May-1971","startTime":"1:14 PM","endDate":"19-May-1971","endTime":"1:18 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-066 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. 003-066\n\nDate: May 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:14 pm and 1:18 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 501-016A]\n\n     Call to William P. Rogers\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["003-066.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:15:13","tapeEnd":"01:15:22","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-065","nextCode":"003-067","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":5.28,"text":"Secretary Rogers please."},{"start":5.32,"end":8.15,"text":"Thank you sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The brief exchange serves as a procedural step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and his top diplomat. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific transmission.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Diplomacy","Executive communication","State Department"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:26:37.821Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","diplomacy","executive-communication","state-department"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-066.mp3","bytes":109651,"durationSec":8.99,"bitrate":97567,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.599Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-066.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-066","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-066","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}