{"conversationCode":"003-148","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":148,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-148","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T23:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T23:35:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"7:10 PM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"7:35 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 7:10 pm and 7:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-148 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. 003-148\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:10 pm and 7:35 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n[See Conversation No. 253-039]\n\n     Call to Nancy Hanks\n           -Location","filename":["003-148.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:36:56","tapeEnd":"03:37:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-147","nextCode":"003-149","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.63,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":1.35,"end":1.72,"text":"Operator?"},{"start":2.14,"end":3.02,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":3.1,"end":4.64,"text":"I just placed a call to Ms. Hanks."},{"start":4.72,"end":5.14,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5.16,"end":7.31,"text":"And she's at the National Collection of Fine Arts."},{"start":7.39,"end":8.05,"text":"Uh-huh."},{"start":8.07,"end":9.33,"text":"And I'd go ahead and reach her there."},{"start":9.35,"end":10.19,"text":"I think she'd like that."},{"start":10.35,"end":10.78,"text":"All right."},{"start":11.24,"end":11.44,"text":"Very fine."},{"start":11.46,"end":12,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to redirect a call for Nancy Hanks, Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, to her current location at the National Collection of Fine Arts. The President clarifies that he expects Hanks to be pleased by the reach-out, prompting the operator to facilitate the connection. This exchange serves as a logistical coordination to ensure the President reaches Hanks for their scheduled conversation.","topics":["Nancy Hanks","National Endowment for the Arts","National Collection of Fine Arts","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:34:04.433Z"},"topicSlugs":["nancy-hanks","national-endowment-for-the-arts","national-collection-of-fine-arts","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-148.mp3","bytes":147638,"durationSec":12.59,"bitrate":93843,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.608Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-148.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-148","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-148","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}