{"conversationCode":"003-187","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":187,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-187","startDateTime":"1971-05-29T00:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-29T00:13:00.000Z","startDate":"28-May-1971","startTime":"8:12 PM","endDate":"28-May-1971","endTime":"8:13 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 8:12 pm and 8:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-187 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. 003-187\n\nDate: May 28, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:12 pm and 8:13 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Henry A. Kissinger\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["003-187.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:34:19","tapeEnd":"04:34:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-186","nextCode":"003-188","transcript":[{"start":1.48,"end":2.11,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.94,"end":3.67,"text":"Mr. Kissinger, please."},{"start":3.69,"end":4.46,"text":"Yes, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request through the White House operator to be connected with his National Security Advisor, Henry A. Kissinger. This administrative interaction serves as a bridge to facilitate a direct line of communication between the President and his senior foreign policy official. No substantive policy matters are discussed, as the exchange is limited to the procedural request for the call to be placed.","topics":["Henry A. Kissinger","Communication","Presidential scheduling","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:37:34.678Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-a-kissinger","communication","presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-187.mp3","bytes":131029,"durationSec":5.4,"bitrate":194031,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.076Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.611Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-187.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-187","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-187","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}