{"conversationCode":"005-022","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-022","startDateTime":"1971-06-12T16:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-12T18:07:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Jun-1971","startTime":"12:14 PM","endDate":"12-Jun-1971","endTime":"2:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 2:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-022 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. 5-22\n\nDate: June 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:14 pm and 2:07 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 256-28]\n\n     Call to Edward L. Ryerson","filename":["005-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:29:22","tapeEnd":"00:29:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-021","nextCode":"005-023","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":7.29,"text":"Would you get me Mr. Edward Ryerson in Chicago?"},{"start":7.35,"end":8.89,"text":"He's in a hospital."},{"start":8.91,"end":10.88,"text":"I think he's just had an operation."},{"start":10.9,"end":14.57,"text":"R-Y-E-R-S-O-N. You probably have his number there."},{"start":14.93,"end":16.45,"text":"Thank you very much."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Chicago businessman Edward L. Ryerson. The operator informed the President that Ryerson was currently hospitalized following a recent medical operation. Nixon provided the spelling of Ryerson's name to ensure the operator could locate the correct contact information to facilitate the communication.","topics":["Edward L. Ryerson","Telephone communication","White House operations","Chicago"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:52:13.730Z"},"topicSlugs":["edward-l-ryerson","telephone-communication","white-house-operations","chicago"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-022.mp3","bytes":215524,"durationSec":17.14,"bitrate":100609,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.077Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}