{"conversationCode":"003-144","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":144,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-144","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T22:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T22:58:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"6:50 PM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"6:58 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 6:50 pm and 6:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-144 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. 003-144\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:50 pm and 6:58 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 253-034]\n\n     Call to J. Edgar Hoover\n\n[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 003-145, which has been merged with\nconversation 003-144.]\n\n[See Conversation No. 253-035]\n\n     Killing of New York, NY policemen\n           -National security information gathering\n                 -John N. Mitchell\n                 -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] availability\n                       -New York bureau chief\n           -Conference of National Association of Chiefs of Police, June 2, 1971 or June 3, 1971\n           -Meeting on June 7, 1971 of sheriffs and police\n           -President's visit to Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] academy\n           -Apprehension of perpetrators\n           -President's and Hoover's response\n           -Details\n           -Possible motives\n                 -Poverty\n                       -Possible New York Times editorial\n                 -Perpetrators","filename":["003-144.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:33:54","tapeEnd":"03:34:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-143","nextCode":"003-145","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.64,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":0.66,"end":1.34,"text":"Mr. Hoover, please."},{"start":1.42,"end":1.97,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":1.99,"end":3.04,"text":"I'll put him right on."},{"start":3.06,"end":3.36,"text":"Right on."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover via the White House operator to discuss the recent killing of New York City police officers. The conversation centers on the ongoing investigation, potential motives behind the attacks, and the administration's planned appearances at upcoming law enforcement conferences. Nixon and Hoover coordinate on the federal response and information gathering efforts regarding the perpetrators.","topics":["FBI","J. Edgar Hoover","New York City Police","Law Enforcement","Criminal Investigation","Public Safety"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:33:42.864Z"},"topicSlugs":["fbi","j-edgar-hoover","new-york-city-police","law-enforcement","criminal-investigation","public-safety"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-144.mp3","bytes":54995,"durationSec":4.86,"bitrate":90598,"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/003-144.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-144","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-144","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}