{"conversationCode":"003-202","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":202,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-202","startDateTime":"1971-05-31T22:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-31T22:20:00.000Z","startDate":"31-May-1971","startTime":"6:20 PM","endDate":"31-May-1971","endTime":"6:20 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 6:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-202 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. 003-202\n\nDate: May 31, 1971\nTime: 6:20 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n[See Conversation No. 254-018]\n\n     H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and William P. Rogers\n          -Locations","filename":["003-202.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:04:33","tapeEnd":"05:05:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-201","nextCode":"003-203","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.93,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.95,"end":3.29,"text":"Mr. Haldeman just left for home, sir."},{"start":3.31,"end":4.68,"text":"He'll be there in about 20 minutes."},{"start":4.86,"end":5.82,"text":"He was here in the office."},{"start":6.64,"end":7.84,"text":"Oh, I thought he was home already."},{"start":7.94,"end":10.66,"text":"And, sir, on your call to Secretary Rogers, he is out."},{"start":10.74,"end":15.31,"text":"The maid answering said that he should be back about 7, and they're unable to contact his car."},{"start":15.45,"end":19.16,"text":"So may I try to reach him for you when he gets back at 7?"},{"start":20.24,"end":20.86,"text":"He's out."},{"start":21.28,"end":26.17,"text":"And the Secretariat tried to raise his car, but didn't get an answer in the car."},{"start":26.19,"end":27.33,"text":"That's right."},{"start":27.41,"end":27.71,"text":"That's right."},{"start":27.73,"end":28.94,"text":"He can call when he gets there."},{"start":29.08,"end":30.02,"text":"No urgency."},{"start":30.08,"end":30.36,"text":"Fine."},{"start":30.46,"end":30.74,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":30.76,"end":34.09,"text":"And I'll call Mr. Holliman's residence and leave word there for him to return your call."},{"start":34.11,"end":34.77,"text":"When it's convenient."},{"start":34.79,"end":35.15,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to reach H.R. Haldeman and Secretary of State William P. Rogers via the White House operator. Upon learning that Haldeman was in transit and Rogers was unavailable, the President opted not to pursue urgent contact. He instructed the operator to leave messages for them to return his calls at their convenience, indicating no immediate emergency.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","William P. Rogers","Communication Management","Presidential Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:38:55.518Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","william-p-rogers","communication-management","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-202.mp3","bytes":909060,"durationSec":37.81,"bitrate":192348,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.613Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-202.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-202","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-202","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}