{"conversationCode":"005-082","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":82,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-082","startDateTime":"1971-06-15T22:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-15T22:28:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Jun-1971","startTime":"6:28 PM","endDate":"15-Jun-1971","endTime":"6:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 6:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-082 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. 5-82\n\nDate: June 15, 1971\nTime: 6:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 261-5]\n\n     Gerald R. Ford's location\n\n     Call to Leslie C. Arends","filename":["005-082.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:38:58","tapeEnd":"02:39:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-081","nextCode":"005-083","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":8.85,"text":"Mr. President, on Congressman Ford, he left the office about ten minutes ago, and they didn't know whether he was going straight home or not."},{"start":9.29,"end":10.63,"text":"Do you want me to try to reach him?"},{"start":10.65,"end":12.68,"text":"No, I'll call him tomorrow."},{"start":12.8,"end":13.36,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":13.38,"end":13.82,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":13.84,"end":14.6,"text":"Do you get errands?"},{"start":15.93,"end":16.75,"text":"No, I'll try for him."},{"start":16.81,"end":17.97,"text":"Try for Congressman Aarons."},{"start":18.17,"end":18.59,"text":"All right."},{"start":18.73,"end":18.95,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to locate Congressman Gerald R. Ford for a scheduled communication. Upon learning that Ford had recently departed his office, the President decided to postpone the conversation until the following day. Instead, Nixon instructed the operator to attempt to reach Congressman Leslie C. Arends.","topics":["Gerald R. Ford","Leslie C. Arends","Congressional relations","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:57:35.996Z"},"topicSlugs":["gerald-r-ford","leslie-c-arends","congressional-relations","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-082.mp3","bytes":257215,"durationSec":22.25,"bitrate":92462,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-082.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-082","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-082","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}