{"conversationCode":"005-098","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":98,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-098","startDateTime":"1971-06-16T23:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-16T23:56:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Jun-1971","startTime":"7:56 PM","endDate":"16-Jun-1971","endTime":"7:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-098 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. 5-98\n\nDate: June 16, 1971\nTime: 7:56 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's location\n\n     Call to Lucy A. Winchester","filename":["005-098.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:59:52","tapeEnd":"03:00:14","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-097","nextCode":"005-099","transcript":[{"start":1.35,"end":4.83,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":4.85,"end":12.95,"text":"Mr. President, I have Mrs. Nixon calling."},{"start":12.97,"end":13.15,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":13.17,"end":16.66,"text":"And I wasn't able to reach Lucy Winchester."},{"start":16.7,"end":18.02,"text":"She didn't answer at her home, sir."},{"start":18.04,"end":19.4,"text":"Do you want me to try to find her for you?"},{"start":19.54,"end":21.16,"text":"Well, maybe we could try for a full, not for the next 10 minutes, try."},{"start":21.18,"end":21.79,"text":"Yes, of course."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate communication with First Lady Pat Nixon and to locate Lucy Winchester. The operator reported an inability to reach Winchester at home, prompting the President to request continued efforts to contact her over the following ten minutes. This brief exchange highlights the administrative logistics involved in managing the President’s personal and professional correspondence.","topics":["Pat Nixon","Lucy Winchester","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:59:02.282Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","lucy-winchester","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-098.mp3","bytes":343262,"durationSec":22.53,"bitrate":121881,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-098.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-098","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-098","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}