{"conversationCode":"003-197","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":197,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-197","startDateTime":"1971-05-31T21:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-31T21:43:00.000Z","startDate":"31-May-1971","startTime":"5:38 PM","endDate":"31-May-1971","endTime":"5:43 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 5:38 pm and 5:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-197 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. 003-197\n\nDate: May 31, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:38 pm and 5:43 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 254-014]\n\n     Call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["003-197.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:42:05","tapeEnd":"04:42:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-196","nextCode":"003-198","transcript":[{"start":2.5,"end":4.99,"text":"Ah, Mrs. Nixon, please."},{"start":5.01,"end":5.32,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with First Lady Thelma C. \"Pat\" Nixon. The brief exchange served as a logistical bridge to facilitate a personal conversation between the President and his wife. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed during this call.","topics":["Pat Nixon","White House communications","Personal correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:38:28.429Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","white-house-communications","personal-correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-197.mp3","bytes":178049,"durationSec":7.35,"bitrate":193842,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.077Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.612Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-197.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-197","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-197","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}