{"conversationCode":"003-085","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":85,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-085","startDateTime":"1971-05-20T17:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-20T17:47:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1971","startTime":"1:44 PM","endDate":"20-May-1971","endTime":"1:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dart, Justin W.;","description":"On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Justin W. Dart talked on the telephone from 1:44 pm to 1:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-085 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. 003-085\n\nDate: May 20, 1971\nTime: 1:44 pm - 1:47 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Justin W. Dart.\n\n[See Conversation No. 502-014A]\n\n     Dart's health\n\n     Jane Dart\n          -Work with Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.\n\n     Dart's health\n\n     Dart's work in Republican fundraising\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n     Dart's health\n\n     President's May 20, 1971 announcement","filename":["003-085.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:48:17","tapeEnd":"01:49:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Dart, Justin W."],"prevCode":"003-084","nextCode":"003-086","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.49,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":0.53,"end":1.19,"text":"Mr. Justin Dart."},{"start":3.5,"end":4.64,"text":"Justin."},{"start":4.66,"end":5.08,"text":"Hello."},{"start":5.66,"end":16.73,"text":"I heard you'd been sick and I just called to tell you that I'm glad your operation is successful and to wish you well and tell you how glad we are to have your daughter Jane working with us at Bud Krogh."},{"start":17.83,"end":19.02,"text":"Well, you're most kind."},{"start":19.11,"end":21.4,"text":"I got one of these new charnley hips."},{"start":21.66,"end":22.49,"text":"Oh, well, good."},{"start":22.93,"end":24.65,"text":"You know, it's an entirely new hip."},{"start":24.77,"end":26.67,"text":"That makes you play golf better or the other way?"},{"start":26.89,"end":27.77,"text":"Oh, hell yes."},{"start":28.01,"end":30.68,"text":"If it doesn't, you know, I wasted my time."},{"start":30.74,"end":31.54,"text":"Yeah, right."},{"start":32.06,"end":36.78,"text":"Well, I'll tell you, after all the money you've raised and everything like that, you deserve a little rest."},{"start":36.92,"end":41.89,"text":"So play a lot of golf, and when your hip gets better, you'll be ready for the bigger battle next year."},{"start":41.97,"end":42.59,"text":"Fair enough?"},{"start":42.67,"end":43.33,"text":"Be kind to call."},{"start":43.37,"end":45.49,"text":"I was glad to see you on TV this morning."},{"start":45.55,"end":47.54,"text":"I thought it was a very encouraging message."},{"start":47.56,"end":47.82,"text":"Right."},{"start":48.08,"end":48.62,"text":"Okay."},{"start":49.38,"end":50.32,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":50.52,"end":51.5,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon telephoned Justin W. Dart to offer well wishes following Dart's recent hip surgery. Beyond discussing Dart's health and recovery, the President acknowledged the contributions of Dart’s daughter, Jane, who was working under Egil “Bud” Krogh. They concluded the call by discussing Dart's ongoing Republican fundraising efforts and the positive reception to the President’s televised announcement earlier that morning.","topics":["Justin W. Dart","Egil Krogh","Republican Party fundraising","Health recovery","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:28:22.481Z"},"topicSlugs":["justin-w-dart","egil-krogh","republican-party-fundraising","health-recovery","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":52,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-085.mp3","bytes":636521,"durationSec":51.98,"bitrate":97973,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.601Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-085.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-085","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-085","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}