{"conversationCode":"003-088","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":88,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-088","startDateTime":"1971-05-20T18:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-20T19:43:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1971","startTime":"2:09 PM","endDate":"20-May-1971","endTime":"3:43 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 2:09 pm and 3:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-088 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. 003-088\n\nDate: May 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:09 pm and 3:43 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Arnold R. Weber","filename":["003-088.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:50:25","tapeEnd":"01:50:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-087","nextCode":"003-089","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":1.14,"text":"please."},{"start":1.34,"end":1.95,"text":"Arnold Weber."},{"start":2.65,"end":3.46,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Arnold R. Weber. This brief interaction serves as a logistical bridge to connect the President with his advisor for a subsequent discussion. No substantive policy matters or decisions are reached during this short administrative exchange.","topics":["Arnold R. Weber","White House operations","Presidential communications","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:28:38.772Z"},"topicSlugs":["arnold-r-weber","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-088.mp3","bytes":46322,"durationSec":3.74,"bitrate":99169,"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/003-088.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-088","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-088","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}