{"conversationCode":"005-155","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":155,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-155","startDateTime":"1971-06-24T14:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-24T14:33:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Jun-1971","startTime":"10:33 AM","endDate":"24-Jun-1971","endTime":"10:33 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:33 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-155 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. 5-155\n\nDate: June 24, 1971\nTime: 10:33 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 528-5]\n\n     Calls to Wilbur D. Mills, John W. Byrnes and Kenneth R. Cole Jr.","filename":["005-155.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:37:30","tapeEnd":"04:37:50","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-154","nextCode":"005-156","transcript":[{"start":10.16,"end":10.98,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":11.3,"end":12.32,"text":"Of course, each separately."},{"start":12.66,"end":12.98,"text":"Fine."},{"start":13.06,"end":16.67,"text":"And also Mr. Kenneth Cole, who was in the hospital from the White House."},{"start":16.69,"end":18.11,"text":"Are you saying Kenneth Cole, Mr. President?"},{"start":18.21,"end":20.23,"text":"Yes, he's in the hospital from the White House."},{"start":20.78,"end":21.62,"text":"Fine, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place individual telephone calls to Representative Wilbur D. Mills and Representative John W. Byrnes. Additionally, he requests a call to Kenneth R. Cole Jr., noting that Cole is currently hospitalized. These instructions facilitate the President's outreach to key legislative figures and a White House staffer.","topics":["Wilbur D. Mills","John W. Byrnes","Kenneth R. Cole Jr.","Legislative outreach","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:04:15.653Z"},"topicSlugs":["wilbur-d-mills","john-w-byrnes","kenneth-r-cole-jr","legislative-outreach","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-155.mp3","bytes":273906,"durationSec":22.08,"bitrate":99236,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-155.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-155","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-155","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}