{"conversationCode":"003-125","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":125,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-125","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T01:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T01:29:00.000Z","startDate":"25-May-1971","startTime":"9:29 PM","endDate":"25-May-1971","endTime":"9:29 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-125 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. 003-125\n\nDate: May 25, 1971\nTime: 9:29 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Henry A. Kissinger\n           -Cancellation","filename":["003-125.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:10:29","tapeEnd":"03:10:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-124","nextCode":"003-126","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.22,"text":"You can hold that."},{"start":3.24,"end":3.78,"text":"I just want you to hold it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place his scheduled telephone call to Henry Kissinger on hold. He ultimately decided to cancel the call entirely after giving the directive to stand by. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operations","scheduling","administrative communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:31:57.566Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","scheduling","administrative-communication"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-125.mp3","bytes":155938,"durationSec":8.57,"bitrate":145636,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.605Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-125.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-125","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-125","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}