{"conversationCode":"003-188","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":188,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-188","startDateTime":"1971-05-29T00:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-29T00:13:00.000Z","startDate":"28-May-1971","startTime":"8:13 PM","endDate":"28-May-1971","endTime":"8:13 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 8:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-188 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. 003-188\n\nDate: May 28, 1971\nTime: 8:13 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger's location\n\n     Call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["003-188.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:34:26","tapeEnd":"04:34:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-187","nextCode":"003-189","transcript":[{"start":1.55,"end":1.93,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.95,"end":2.21,"text":"Mr."},{"start":2.23,"end":3.99,"text":"Person, I find he's gone out to dinner."},{"start":4.01,"end":6.41,"text":"Would you like me to reach him there?"},{"start":6.43,"end":7.27,"text":"Oh, no."},{"start":7.29,"end":8.48,"text":"No, it's the Colonel Hayes."},{"start":8.5,"end":9.03,"text":"I guess I'll try him, sir."},{"start":9.05,"end":9.25,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to locate Henry Kissinger to facilitate a communication with Alexander Haig. Upon learning that Kissinger was out at dinner, the President declined to be connected to him at the restaurant. Nixon instead directed the operator to reach out to Colonel Hayes to address the matter.","topics":["White House communications","Henry Kissinger","Alexander Haig","Colonel Hayes"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:37:40.002Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","henry-kissinger","alexander-haig","colonel-hayes"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-188.mp3","bytes":222562,"durationSec":9.21,"bitrate":193384,"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/003-188.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-188","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-188","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}