{"conversationCode":"003-096","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":96,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-096","startDateTime":"1971-05-20T23:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-20T23:46:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1971","startTime":"7:46 PM","endDate":"20-May-1971","endTime":"7:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 7:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-096 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. 003-096\n\nDate: May 20, 1971\nTime: 7:46 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator; background noise can be heard in the\noriginal recording.\n\n     Call to Ronald L. Ziegler\n\n     Call to Herbert G. Klein","filename":["003-096.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:52:35","tapeEnd":"01:52:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-095","nextCode":"003-097","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.74,"text":"Operator?"},{"start":0.76,"end":1.38,"text":"Yes sir?"},{"start":1.4,"end":4.89,"text":"Would you cancel the call to Ziegler and get Herb Klein for me please?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to redirect his communication efforts by canceling a pending call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. He requested an immediate connection to Director of Communications Herbert G. Klein instead. This brief administrative exchange reflects the President's shifting priorities regarding his public relations and messaging strategy.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Herbert G. Klein","White House communications","administrative directives","press relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:29:21.201Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","herbert-g-klein","white-house-communications","administrative-directives","press-relations"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-096.mp3","bytes":130006,"durationSec":7.28,"bitrate":142868,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.602Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-096.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-096","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-096","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}