{"conversationCode":"003-090","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":90,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-090","startDateTime":"1971-05-20T19:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-20T19:44:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1971","startTime":"3:43 PM","endDate":"20-May-1971","endTime":"3:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Lee, [First name unknown] (Mrs.);","description":"On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Arnold R. Weber's secretary, Mrs. [First name unknown] Lee talked on the telephone from 3:43 pm to 3:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-090 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. 003-090\n\nDate: May 20, 1971\nTime: 3:43 pm - 3:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Mrs. Lee.\n\n[See Conversation No. 502-020B]\n\n     Weber's work on Congressional Black Caucus statement","filename":["003-090.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:50:44","tapeEnd":"01:51:25","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Lee, [First name unknown] (Mrs.)"],"prevCode":"003-089","nextCode":"003-091","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.49,"text":"Hello."},{"start":0.51,"end":2.9,"text":"I'm Mr. Weber's secretary, Mrs. Lee, on the line."},{"start":6.4,"end":9.18,"text":"Hello."},{"start":9.2,"end":9.59,"text":"Hello."},{"start":9.62,"end":9.95,"text":"There you are."},{"start":9.96,"end":10.24,"text":"Hello."},{"start":10.59,"end":11.75,"text":"Mr. Preston?"},{"start":11.77,"end":17.74,"text":"Yes, Mrs. Lee, I wanted you to tell Mr. Weber when he came back that all I called to was to tell him"},{"start":18.19,"end":22.41,"text":"What a fine job he did on that black caucus statement."},{"start":22.45,"end":26.12,"text":"I knew that was an enormous amount of work, and I imagine you did a lot of work yourself."},{"start":26.72,"end":28.5,"text":"But just tell him that I called to thank him for it."},{"start":28.9,"end":29.44,"text":"Oh, I certainly will."},{"start":29.46,"end":30.44,"text":"And a member of his staff."},{"start":30.46,"end":30.92,"text":"Will you do that?"},{"start":30.94,"end":31.98,"text":"He will be very pleased."},{"start":32.01,"end":32.34,"text":"Fine."},{"start":32.38,"end":34.69,"text":"Well, that was a tough one, and he did a great job."},{"start":34.93,"end":36.21,"text":"Well, thank you very much."},{"start":36.23,"end":36.67,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":36.69,"end":37.95,"text":"And I will pass it on."},{"start":37.97,"end":38.37,"text":"Sure."},{"start":38.97,"end":39.13,"text":"Bye-bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted Arnold R. Weber’s secretary, Mrs. Lee, to convey his appreciation for Weber’s recent efforts. The President specifically praised Weber’s work on a statement drafted for the Congressional Black Caucus, acknowledging the significant labor involved in the project. Nixon requested that Mrs. Lee ensure his gratitude was relayed to both Weber and his relevant staff members.","topics":["Congressional Black Caucus","Arnold R. Weber","White House staff","Executive communication","Policy statements"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:28:49.619Z"},"topicSlugs":["congressional-black-caucus","arnold-r-weber","white-house-staff","executive-communication","policy-statements"],"audioDurationSec":39,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-090.mp3","bytes":483603,"durationSec":39.36,"bitrate":98291,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.601Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-090.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-090","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-090","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}