{"conversationCode":"003-215","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":215,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-215","startDateTime":"1971-05-21T00:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-21T00:14:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1971","startTime":"8:12 PM","endDate":"20-May-1971","endTime":"8:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:12 pm and 8:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-215 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. 003-215\n\nDate: May 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:12 pm and 8:14 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["003-215.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:01:09","tapeEnd":"02:01:19","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-214","nextCode":"003-216","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.6,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.62,"end":2.8,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his National Security Advisor, Henry A. Kissinger. The exchange serves as a routine administrative request to initiate an urgent high-level communication. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief logistical coordination.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Presidential communication","National security"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:40:05.084Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","national-security"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-215.mp3","bytes":91180,"durationSec":5.23,"bitrate":139432,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.603Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-215.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-215","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-215","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}