{"conversationCode":"003-176","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":176,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-176","startDateTime":"1971-05-28T16:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-28T18:39:00.000Z","startDate":"28-May-1971","startTime":"12:21 PM","endDate":"28-May-1971","endTime":"2:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:21 pm and 2:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-176 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. 003-176\n\nDate: May 28, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:21 pm and 2:39 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to William P. Rogers","filename":["003-176.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:14:39","tapeEnd":"04:14:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-175","nextCode":"003-177","transcript":[{"start":0.12,"end":4.26,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.28,"end":5.31,"text":"Secretary Rogers, please."},{"start":5.39,"end":6.6,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The primary purpose of this communication is to facilitate a direct discussion between the President and the Secretary. No further substantive policy matters or decisions are recorded in this brief operator exchange.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Diplomatic communications","White House operations","Department of State"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:36:36.042Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","diplomatic-communications","white-house-operations","state-department"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-176.mp3","bytes":168018,"durationSec":6.94,"bitrate":193546,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.610Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-176.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-176","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/003/conversation-003-176","catalogNaId":417188589,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417188589","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}