{"conversationCode":"003-070","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":70,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-070","startDateTime":"1971-05-19T22:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-19T23:44:00.000Z","startDate":"19-May-1971","startTime":"6:16 PM","endDate":"19-May-1971","endTime":"7:44 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 6:16 pm and 7:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-070 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. 003-070\n\nDate: May 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:16 pm and 7:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["003-070.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:30:59","tapeEnd":"01:31:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-069","nextCode":"003-071","transcript":[{"start":0.57,"end":1.12,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":1.14,"end":3.98,"text":"Mr. President, I..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to H.R. \"Bob\" Haldeman, his Chief of Staff. The brief interaction served solely to initiate communication with Haldeman, reflecting the logistical process of reaching key administration officials. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this specific exchange.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Executive staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:26:59.834Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","executive-staff"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-070.mp3","bytes":68805,"durationSec":3.93,"bitrate":139938,"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/003-070.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-070","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-070","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}