{"conversationCode":"003-068","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":68,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-068","startDateTime":"1971-05-19T22:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-19T22:11:00.000Z","startDate":"19-May-1971","startTime":"6:10 PM","endDate":"19-May-1971","endTime":"6:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On May 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:10 pm and 6:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-068 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. 003-068\n\nDate: May 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:10 pm and 6:11 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator; H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman can be heard in the\nbackground.\n\n[See Conversation No. 501-030A]\n\n     Call to William P. Rogers\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["003-068.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:26:39","tapeEnd":"01:26:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"003-067","nextCode":"003-069","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.06,"text":"Secretary Rogers, please."},{"start":2.55,"end":2.75,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers with H. R. Haldeman present. The conversation functioned primarily as a coordination effort to facilitate a direct communication between the President and the Secretary. No substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief connection attempt.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Diplomatic communication","White House operations","Executive coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:26:48.735Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","diplomatic-communication","white-house-operations","executive-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-068.mp3","bytes":37322,"durationSec":3,"bitrate":99627,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.599Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-068.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-068","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-068","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}