{"conversationCode":"005-080","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":80,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-080","startDateTime":"1971-06-15T22:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-15T22:21:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Jun-1971","startTime":"6:03 PM","endDate":"15-Jun-1971","endTime":"6:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:03 pm and 6:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-080 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. 5-80\n\nDate: June 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:03 pm and 6:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 261-3]\n\n     Call to Congressman Gerald R. Ford","filename":["005-080.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:33:17","tapeEnd":"02:33:25","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-079","nextCode":"005-081","transcript":[{"start":4.57,"end":5.38,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to Congressman Gerald R. Ford. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to connect the President with the House Minority Leader for a subsequent discussion. No further policy or substantive matters were addressed during this specific exchange.","topics":["Gerald R. Ford","White House operations","telecommunications","House Minority Leader"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:57:25.129Z"},"topicSlugs":["gerald-r-ford","white-house-operations","telecommunications","house-minority-leader"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-080.mp3","bytes":94860,"durationSec":8.31,"bitrate":91312,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.077Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-080.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-080","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-080","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}