{"conversationCode":"003-140","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":140,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-140","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T22:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T22:33:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"6:33 PM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"6:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 6:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-140 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. 003-140\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: 6:33 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 253-028]\n\n     J. Edgar Hoover\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n             -Location\n             -Return call","filename":["003-140.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:28:35","tapeEnd":"03:28:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-139","nextCode":"003-141","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.85,"text":"Mr. President, I find Director Hoover's en route home in about 10 minutes he'll arrive."},{"start":5.91,"end":8.32,"text":"No, just when it's convenient."},{"start":8.48,"end":9.38,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon coordinated with the White House operator to arrange a telephone conversation with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. The operator informed the President that Hoover would be available shortly, and Nixon requested that the call be placed at the Director's convenience. This exchange served as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and the head of the FBI.","topics":["J. Edgar Hoover","FBI","Communication coordination","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:33:20.352Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-edgar-hoover","fbi","communication-coordination","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-140.mp3","bytes":121730,"durationSec":10.85,"bitrate":89727,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.607Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-140.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-140","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-140","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}