{"conversationCode":"005-149","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":149,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-149","startDateTime":"1971-06-23T19:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-23T19:36:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jun-1971","startTime":"3:36 PM","endDate":"23-Jun-1971","endTime":"3:36 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 3:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-149 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. 5-149\n\nDate: June 23, 1971\nTime: 3:36 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 258-49]\n\n     Call to William Rinaldi\n\n     Edward K. (“Duke”) Ellington's location","filename":["005-149.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:29:33","tapeEnd":"04:30:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-148","nextCode":"005-150","transcript":[{"start":0.42,"end":15.24,"text":"yes please operator uh would you get uh mr william rinaldi r-i-n-a-l-d-i that's in dunmore pennsylvania"},{"start":16.18,"end":17.76,"text":"I think you have it on your list."},{"start":18.06,"end":19.87,"text":"It's D-U-N-M-O-R-E, Pennsylvania."},{"start":20.35,"end":20.65,"text":"All right."},{"start":20.67,"end":24.04,"text":"And Duke Ellington is playing somewhere in the Philadelphia area."},{"start":24.07,"end":26.24,"text":"Do you want to try to reach in there?"},{"start":28.26,"end":30.31,"text":"Well, if it's convenient, yes."},{"start":30.47,"end":31.07,"text":"Okay, sir."},{"start":31.09,"end":32.19,"text":"I mean, no hurry."},{"start":32.23,"end":33.25,"text":"I'll be here for another hour."},{"start":34.05,"end":34.6,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":34.88,"end":35.2,"text":"All right."},{"start":35.56,"end":35.76,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place two outgoing calls to facilitate personal or administrative contacts. He requested that the operator reach William Rinaldi in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, and simultaneously inquired about the current performance location of Duke Ellington in the Philadelphia area. The President indicated that these calls were not urgent, noting that he would remain available for another hour to receive them.","topics":["White House operations","William Rinaldi","Duke Ellington","Presidential communications","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:03:42.572Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","william-rinaldi","duke-ellington","presidential-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-149.mp3","bytes":459998,"durationSec":36.44,"bitrate":100985,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-149.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-149","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-149","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}