{"conversationCode":"003-079","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":79,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-079","startDateTime":"1971-05-20T12:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-20T15:50:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1971","startTime":"8:19 AM","endDate":"20-May-1971","endTime":"11:50 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:19 am and 11:50 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-079 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. 3-79\n\nDate: May 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:19 am and 11:50 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Gerald R. Ford\n                                              45\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF\n\n                                      Tape Subject Log\n                                         (rev. 9/08)","filename":["003-079.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:43:06","tapeEnd":"01:43:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-078","nextCode":"003-080","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.03,"text":"Congressman Ford, please."},{"start":2.09,"end":3.56,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a telephone call to request a connection with Congressman Gerald R. Ford. This brief exchange served as an administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and the House Minority Leader. No further substantive discussion occurred during this recording segment.","topics":["Gerald R. Ford","White House communications","presidential administration","legislative liaison"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:27:49.199Z"},"topicSlugs":["gerald-r-ford","white-house-communications","presidential-administration","legislative-liaison"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-079.mp3","bytes":47051,"durationSec":3.79,"bitrate":99240,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-079.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-079","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-079","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}