{"conversationCode":"003-189","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":189,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-189","startDateTime":"1971-05-19T00:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-19T00:14:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1971","startTime":"8:14 PM","endDate":"18-May-1971","endTime":"8:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-189 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. 3-189\n\nDate: May 28, 1971\nTime: 8:14 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Alexander M. Haig, Jr.'s location\n                                              110\n\n                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF\n\n                                       Tape Subject Log\n                                          (rev. 9/08)","filename":["003-189.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:34:35","tapeEnd":"04:34:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-188","nextCode":"003-190","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":3.38,"text":"Oh, he went to Annapolis to make a speech."},{"start":4.15,"end":4.77,"text":"Oh, he did?"},{"start":4.79,"end":5.71,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":6.19,"end":6.7,"text":"Oh, fine."},{"start":6.71,"end":8.52,"text":"Okay, thank you."},{"start":8.54,"end":8.84,"text":"You're welcome."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon inquired with the White House operator regarding the current whereabouts of Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The operator informed the President that Haig had traveled to Annapolis to deliver a speech. No further policy discussions or administrative actions were addressed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Presidential scheduling","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:37:45.891Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-189.mp3","bytes":226324,"durationSec":9.37,"bitrate":193168,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-189.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-189","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-189","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}