{"conversationCode":"003-128","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":128,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-128","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T15:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T17:30:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"11:11 AM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"1:30 PM","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 11:11 am and 1:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-128 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. 003-128\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:11 am and 1:30 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 505-009]\n\n     Call to Edward J. Kiernan of New York, NY Patrolmen's Benevolent Association","filename":["003-128.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:15:06","tapeEnd":"03:15:27","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-127","nextCode":"003-129","transcript":[{"start":9.47,"end":10.66,"text":"Benevolent Association?"},{"start":10.68,"end":14.31,"text":"Yeah, he's the president of the Patrolman's Benevolent Association."},{"start":14.33,"end":15.41,"text":"I think you have the number."},{"start":15.43,"end":15.83,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":15.85,"end":16.73,"text":"Edward Kiernan."},{"start":16.85,"end":17.95,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Edward J. Kiernan, the president of the New York City Patrolmen's Benevolent Association. The President provided the name to ensure the operator could facilitate the connection. This interaction served solely as a logistical step to initiate a formal communication with the labor leader.","topics":["Edward J. Kiernan","Patrolmen's Benevolent Association","Communication logistics","Labor relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:32:14.253Z"},"topicSlugs":["edward-j-kiernan","patrolmens-benevolent-association","communication-logistics","labor-relations"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-128.mp3","bytes":221105,"durationSec":19,"bitrate":93077,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.077Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.606Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-128.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-128","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-128","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}