{"conversationCode":"005-144","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":144,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-144","startDateTime":"1971-06-23T19:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-23T19:05:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jun-1971","startTime":"3:05 PM","endDate":"23-Jun-1971","endTime":"3:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-144 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. 5-144\n\nDate: June 23, 1971\nTime: 3:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 258-44]\n\n     John C. Stennis’ location\n\n     Call to Stennis’ secretary","filename":["005-144.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:26:17","tapeEnd":"04:26:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-143","nextCode":"005-145","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":2.71,"text":"Yes, sir?"},{"start":3.07,"end":5.04,"text":"I'm holding on the floor for Senator Stennis."},{"start":5.06,"end":6.52,"text":"Oh, he's on the floor, I see."},{"start":7.32,"end":13.84,"text":"Well, you can get him, or if you can't, I can talk to his secretary, if that will not... All right, sir."},{"start":14,"end":14.64,"text":"Fine, either one."},{"start":14.68,"end":15.8,"text":"Okay, sir."},{"start":15.86,"end":16.3,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to reach Senator John C. Stennis via the White House operator to discuss an urgent matter. The operator informed the President that Stennis was currently on the Senate floor, leading Nixon to authorize speaking with the Senator’s secretary if the Senator could not be reached directly. This brief exchange served as an administrative effort to facilitate a high-level legislative communication.","topics":["John C. Stennis","Communication management","Senate floor","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:03:15.643Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-c-stennis","communication-management","senate-floor","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-144.mp3","bytes":219970,"durationSec":17.64,"bitrate":99783,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-144.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-144","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-144","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}