{"conversationCode":"003-086","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":86,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-086","startDateTime":"1971-05-20T17:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-20T18:08:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1971","startTime":"1:47 PM","endDate":"20-May-1971","endTime":"2:08 PM","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 1:47 pm and 2:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-086 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. 003-086\n\nDate: May 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:47 pm and 2:08 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 502-016]\n\n     Call to Leslie C. Arends","filename":["003-086.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:49:10","tapeEnd":"01:49:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-085","nextCode":"003-087","transcript":[{"start":0.1,"end":1.99,"text":"Congressman Arons, please."},{"start":2.01,"end":2.48,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with Congressman Leslie C. Arends. The brief exchange serves as a procedural request to facilitate communication between the President and the Congressman. No substantive policy discussions occur during this initial connection phase.","topics":["Leslie C. Arends","White House Operator","Communication","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:28:27.756Z"},"topicSlugs":["leslie-c-arends","white-house-operator","communication","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-086.mp3","bytes":45537,"durationSec":3.64,"bitrate":100118,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-086.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-086","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-086","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}