{"conversationCode":"003-089","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":89,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-089","startDateTime":"1971-05-20T19:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-20T19:43:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1971","startTime":"3:15 PM","endDate":"20-May-1971","endTime":"3:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Lee, [First name unknown] (Mrs.);","description":"On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, the White House operator, and Arnold R. Weber's secretary, Mrs. [First name unknown] Lee talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-089 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. 003-089\n\nDate: May 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:15 pm and 3:43 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 502-020A]\n\n     Arnold R. Weber's location\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n     Call to Weber's secretary, Mrs. [Forename unknown] Lee\n\nMrs. Lee [?] joined the conversation at an unknown time.\n\n     Greetings","filename":["003-089.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:50:30","tapeEnd":"01:50:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Lee, [First name unknown] (Mrs.)"],"prevCode":"003-088","nextCode":"003-090","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.37,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":0.47,"end":3.28,"text":"Sir, Mr. Webber's en route to the airport to go to New York."},{"start":3.4,"end":4.19,"text":"Oh, yes, fine."},{"start":4.21,"end":5.77,"text":"Back in the office in the morning at 9."},{"start":6.05,"end":7.34,"text":"Yeah, yeah."},{"start":8.74,"end":9.8,"text":"I'll talk to his secretary."},{"start":10.01,"end":10.47,"text":"All right."},{"start":10.77,"end":11.47,"text":"Bye."},{"start":11.49,"end":12.55,"text":"Hello?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to reach Arnold R. Weber, the former executive director of the Cost of Living Council, to discuss pending business. After being informed by the White House operator that Weber was en route to the airport, the President spoke briefly with Weber’s secretary, Mrs. Lee, to confirm his availability. The conversation concluded with the understanding that the President would follow up with Weber’s office the following morning.","topics":["Arnold R. Weber","Cost of Living Council","Scheduling","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:28:44.270Z"},"topicSlugs":["arnold-r-weber","cost-of-living-council","scheduling","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-089.mp3","bytes":158050,"durationSec":12.72,"bitrate":99379,"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/003-089.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-089","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-089","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}