{"conversationCode":"003-099","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":99,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-099","startDateTime":"1971-05-20T23:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-20T23:52:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1971","startTime":"7:52 PM","endDate":"20-May-1971","endTime":"7:52 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 7:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-099 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. 003-099\n\nDate: May 20, 1971\nTime: 7:52 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     John A. Scali\n          -Location\n          -Return call\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["003-099.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:57:53","tapeEnd":"01:58:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-098","nextCode":"003-100","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":16.62,"text":"Try to reach in there, yes please."},{"start":16.64,"end":16.76,"text":"Hello?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to journalist and television correspondent John A. Scali. The brief interaction served as a logistical arrangement to establish communication with Scali. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this request for a return call.","topics":["John A. Scali","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Media relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:29:37.745Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-a-scali","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","media-relations"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-099.mp3","bytes":347719,"durationSec":20.18,"bitrate":137856,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.602Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-099.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-099","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-099","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}