{"conversationCode":"003-177","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":177,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-177","startDateTime":"1971-05-28T18:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-28T18:39:00.000Z","startDate":"28-May-1971","startTime":"2:39 PM","endDate":"28-May-1971","endTime":"2:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 2:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-177 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. 003-177\n\nDate: May 28, 1971\nTime: 2:39 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     William P. Rogers\n          -Location\n          -Return call","filename":["003-177.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:14:46","tapeEnd":"04:14:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-176","nextCode":"003-178","transcript":[{"start":1.3,"end":2.52,"text":"Yes, ma'am."},{"start":2.54,"end":2.8,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.96,"end":5.64,"text":"Mr. President, Secretary Rogers is at lunch expecting any minute."},{"start":5.78,"end":6.46,"text":"Can I get him for you?"},{"start":7.14,"end":8.97,"text":"No, let him call when he returns."},{"start":9.01,"end":9.74,"text":"Sure he will, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to initiate a call with Secretary of State William P. Rogers. Upon learning that Rogers was currently out to lunch, the President opted to postpone the conversation rather than interrupt him. He instructed the operator to have Rogers return the call once he became available.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Presidential communication","White House operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:36:41.403Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","presidential-communication","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-177.mp3","bytes":283375,"durationSec":11.74,"bitrate":193131,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.611Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-177.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-177","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-177","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}