{"conversationCode":"003-179","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":179,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-179","startDateTime":"1971-05-28T19:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-28T19:10:00.000Z","startDate":"28-May-1971","startTime":"3:00 PM","endDate":"28-May-1971","endTime":"3:10 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 3:00 pm and 3:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-179 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. 003-179\n\nDate: May 28, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:00 pm and 3:10 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 254-004A]\n\n     Call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["003-179.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:31:27","tapeEnd":"04:31:33","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-178","nextCode":"003-180","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":4.3,"text":"Mr. Bull, please."},{"start":4.43,"end":5.33,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact Stephen B. Bull. The primary purpose of this interaction is to establish a connection with his aide for further communication. No substantive policy matters were discussed, as the exchange was limited to the coordination of this administrative request.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Administrative communication","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:36:52.391Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","administrative-communication","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-179.mp3","bytes":150464,"durationSec":6.2,"bitrate":194106,"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/003-179.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-179","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-179","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}