{"conversationCode":"003-126","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":126,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-126","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T12:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T15:07:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"8:24 AM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"11:07 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:24 am and 11:07 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-126 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. 003-126\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:24 am and 11:07 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 505-004A]\n\n     Call to William P. Rogers\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["003-126.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:10:40","tapeEnd":"03:10:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-125","nextCode":"003-127","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.21,"text":"Mr. Rogers, please."},{"start":1.39,"end":2.25,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call with the White House operator to be connected to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The communication serves as a logistical step to facilitate direct consultation between the President and his top diplomat. No substantive policy discussions occur during this initial request for connection.","topics":["William P. Rogers","White House Operator","Diplomatic Communication","Administrative Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:32:02.949Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","white-house-operator","diplomatic-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-126.mp3","bytes":30207,"durationSec":2.53,"bitrate":95441,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.605Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-126.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-126","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-126","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}