{"conversationCode":"003-196","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":196,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-196","startDateTime":"1971-05-31T21:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-31T21:38:00.000Z","startDate":"31-May-1971","startTime":"5:38 PM","endDate":"31-May-1971","endTime":"5:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 5:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-196 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. 003-196\n\nDate: May 31, 1971\nTime: 5:38 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 254-013]\n\n     H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's location\n\n     Haldeman's daughter\n\n     Joanne (Horton) Haldeman's location","filename":["003-196.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:41:57","tapeEnd":"04:42:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-195","nextCode":"003-197","transcript":[{"start":0.93,"end":1.69,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.71,"end":5.69,"text":"Mr. Haldeman has gone out, and the daughter doesn't seem to know where her mother went shopping."},{"start":5.73,"end":6.73,"text":"That's all right."},{"start":6.75,"end":7.23,"text":"All right, dear."},{"start":7.51,"end":7.59,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to determine the whereabouts of H.R. Haldeman and his wife. The operator reported that Haldeman had left the premises and his daughter was unaware of her mother’s shopping destination. Nixon acknowledged the information and concluded the brief administrative inquiry without further action.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","administrative inquiry","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:38:23.191Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","administrative-inquiry","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-196.mp3","bytes":201873,"durationSec":8.35,"bitrate":193347,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.076Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-196.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-196","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-196","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}