{"conversationCode":"003-115","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":115,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-115","startDateTime":"1971-05-22T00:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-22T00:48:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1971","startTime":"8:36 PM","endDate":"21-May-1971","endTime":"8:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:36 pm and 8:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-115 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. 003-115\n\nDate: May 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:36 pm and 8:48 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\nThe President conferred with an unknown person[?].\n\n[End of conferral]\n\n     Cancellation of a call\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["003-115.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:21:03","tapeEnd":"02:21:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"003-114","nextCode":"003-116","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":7.66,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":7.68,"end":8.04,"text":"Oh, just a minute."},{"start":8.06,"end":8.52,"text":"Didn't cancel the call."},{"start":8.54,"end":8.95,"text":"I'll have some more."},{"start":8.97,"end":9.25,"text":"Oh, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate and manage a telephonic connection. The brief exchange focused on logistical coordination regarding the status and potential cancellation of an outgoing call. No substantive policy matters or major decisions were finalized during this communication.","topics":["White House operations","Telecommunications","Nixon administration","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:31:04.045Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","nixon-administration","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-115.mp3","bytes":166267,"durationSec":9.2,"bitrate":144617,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.604Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-115.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-115","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-115","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}