{"conversationCode":"003-081","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":81,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-081","startDateTime":"1971-05-20T16:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-20T16:31:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1971","startTime":"12:31 PM","endDate":"20-May-1971","endTime":"12:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Scali, John A.;","description":"On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John A. Scali talked on the telephone at 12:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-081 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. 003-081\n\nDate: May 20, 1971\nTime: 12:31 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Tricia Nixon\n\nThe President conferred with John A. Scali.\n\n     Communications\n\n[End of conferral]\n\n[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 003-082, which has been merged with\nconversation 003-081 and 003-083.]\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 10/24/2017.]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n[Unintelligible]\n[003-082-w001]\n[Duration: 32s]\n\n     [Dead air]\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 003-083, which has been merged with\nconversation 003-081 and 003-082.]\n\n[See Conversation No. 502-012A]\n\n     President's schedule\n          -Announcement\n                 -Location\n                 -President's appearance\n                 -Commentators’ remarks\n                       -John W. Chancellor of National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]\n                             -People's Republic of China [PRC], Union of Soviet Socialist\n                             Republics [USSR]\n                       -Tricia Nixon's, Julie Nixon Eisenhower's and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's\n                       viewing\n          -Cocktail party for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] negotiations\n                 -Time\n                 -Location\n                 -William P. Rogers\n                 -Melvin R. Laird\n                 -Ms. Nixon and Mrs. Eisenhower\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["003-081.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:44:37","tapeEnd":"01:44:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Scali, John A."],"prevCode":"003-080","nextCode":"003-082","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.2,"text":"Please."},{"start":5.22,"end":5.42,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":5.44,"end":12.44,"text":"The reason, John, is that when you've got something to say, say it in the quickest..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with John A. Scali regarding media relations and the effective communication of administration messaging. The discussion touched upon the public and press reception of the President's upcoming schedule, including coverage by NBC's John Chancellor concerning relations with the PRC and the USSR. They also coordinated details regarding a social event for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) negotiators involving key cabinet members and the Nixon family.","topics":["Media relations","John Chancellor","Strategic Arms Limitation Talks","Foreign policy","Public relations","White House social events"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:28:00.667Z"},"topicSlugs":["media-relations","john-chancellor","strategic-arms-limitation-talks","foreign-policy","public-relations","white-house-social-events"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-081.mp3","bytes":151265,"durationSec":12.74,"bitrate":95009,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.600Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-081.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-081","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-081","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}