{"conversationCode":"003-137","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":137,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-137","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T19:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T19:30:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"3:18 PM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"3:30 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 3:18 pm and 3:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-137 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. 003-137\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:18 pm and 3:30 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 253-019]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n     Call to Leonard Garment","filename":["003-137.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:23:42","tapeEnd":"03:23:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-136","nextCode":"003-138","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.26,"text":"Garment, please."},{"start":2.59,"end":3.07,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with Leonard Garment. This brief interaction serves as the administrative bridge to facilitate a direct communication between the President and his advisor. The primary action item is the immediate placement of the call to Garment's office.","topics":["Leonard Garment","White House operations","Presidential communication","administrative support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:33:02.691Z"},"topicSlugs":["leonard-garment","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-support"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-137.mp3","bytes":50087,"durationSec":4.28,"bitrate":93619,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.606Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-137.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-137","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-137","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}