{"conversationCode":"003-195","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":195,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-195","startDateTime":"1971-05-31T18:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-31T21:38:00.000Z","startDate":"31-May-1971","startTime":"2:27 PM","endDate":"31-May-1971","endTime":"5:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 31, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 5:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-195 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. 003-195\n\nDate: May 31, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:27 pm and 5:38 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 254-011]\n\n     Call to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n","filename":["003-195.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:41:44","tapeEnd":"04:41:57","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-194","nextCode":"003-196","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":7.55,"text":"Would you try Mr. Haldeman again, please?"},{"start":7.59,"end":8.35,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":8.37,"end":10.29,"text":"If he's not home, just let me know."},{"start":10.73,"end":10.94,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an urgent follow-up call to H.R. Haldeman. He provided specific instructions for the operator to notify him if Haldeman could not be reached at his residence. This brief interaction reflects the President's efforts to maintain direct communication with his Chief of Staff.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:38:17.910Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-195.mp3","bytes":299048,"durationSec":12.4,"bitrate":192894,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.076Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.612Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-195.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-195","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/003/conversation-003-195","catalogNaId":417188627,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417188627","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}