{"conversationCode":"005-146","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":146,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-146","startDateTime":"1971-06-23T19:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-23T19:19:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jun-1971","startTime":"3:19 PM","endDate":"23-Jun-1971","endTime":"3:19 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 3:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-146 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. 5-146\n\nDate: June 23, 1971\nTime: 3:19 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 258-46]\n\n     Call to Edward K. (“Duke”) Ellington","filename":["005-146.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:28:39","tapeEnd":"04:28:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-145","nextCode":"005-147","transcript":[{"start":2.68,"end":3.39,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.41,"end":4.84,"text":"Mr. Duke Ellington, please."},{"start":5.59,"end":5.77,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to legendary jazz composer and bandleader Duke Ellington. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and Ellington. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection.","topics":["Duke Ellington","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Jazz"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:03:26.375Z"},"topicSlugs":["duke-ellington","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","jazz"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-146.mp3","bytes":87978,"durationSec":7.1,"bitrate":99152,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-146.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-146","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-146","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}