{"conversationCode":"003-160","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":160,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-160","startDateTime":"1971-05-28T01:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-28T01:14:00.000Z","startDate":"27-May-1971","startTime":"9:07 PM","endDate":"27-May-1971","endTime":"9:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:07 pm and 9:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-160 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. 003-160\n\nDate: May 27, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:07 pm and 9:14 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Leonard H. Goldenson\n         -Location","filename":["003-160.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:50:02","tapeEnd":"03:50:16","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-159","nextCode":"003-161","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.37,"text":"Yep."},{"start":0.49,"end":4.55,"text":"Mr. President, when you call to Mr. Goldenson, he's in the hospital for a checkup, but he can be reached."},{"start":4.59,"end":5.33,"text":"We do have a number."},{"start":5.35,"end":6.13,"text":"Who?"},{"start":6.17,"end":6.67,"text":"Who is this?"},{"start":6.71,"end":8.4,"text":"Leonard Goldenson of ABC."},{"start":9.1,"end":10.02,"text":"Yeah, I'll talk to him there."},{"start":10.16,"end":11.93,"text":"All right, I'll get him."},{"start":11.95,"end":12.15,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with Leonard Goldenson, the head of ABC, despite being informed that Goldenson was currently hospitalized for a medical checkup. Nixon confirmed his intent to proceed with the call regardless of Goldenson's location. The operator agreed to facilitate the connection to the hospital.","topics":["Leonard Goldenson","ABC","Presidential communications","Telephone protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:35:09.281Z"},"topicSlugs":["leonard-goldenson","abc","presidential-communication","telephone-protocols"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-160.mp3","bytes":146088,"durationSec":12.72,"bitrate":91896,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.076Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-160.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-160","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/003/conversation-003-160","catalogNaId":417188557,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417188557","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}