{"conversationCode":"005-158","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":158,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-158","startDateTime":"1971-06-24T14:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-24T14:58:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Jun-1971","startTime":"10:58 AM","endDate":"24-Jun-1971","endTime":"10:58 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 10:58 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-158 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. 5-158\n\nDate: June 24, 1971\nTime: 10:58 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 528-9]\n\n     Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.’s location\n\n*********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Privacy]\n[Duration: 4s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n***********************************************************************\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -Upcoming filming of President’s Honor America Day speech\n\n     Message for Cole","filename":["005-158.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:51:14","tapeEnd":"04:51:51","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-157","nextCode":"005-159","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":19.1,"text":"uh i'll tell you i i will uh do it later i will not be able to because i'm going to be doing some television i see but i just wanted to call and wish him well"},{"start":19.45,"end":23.5,"text":"and that I'll... Do you want me to tell him that?"},{"start":23.54,"end":24.2,"text":"Just tell him."},{"start":24.24,"end":29.42,"text":"You tell him that the president was just calling to get back to the golf course as soon as he can."},{"start":29.58,"end":29.94,"text":"All right."},{"start":30.02,"end":31,"text":"I'll do that, Mr. President."},{"start":31.14,"end":31.9,"text":"You tell him yourself."},{"start":31.94,"end":32.16,"text":"I'll do it."},{"start":32.18,"end":32.7,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."},{"start":32.72,"end":34.73,"text":"Because I've got to go over to do a TV shot right now."},{"start":34.75,"end":35.61,"text":"I understand, sir."},{"start":35.65,"end":36.13,"text":"Bye-bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to relay a personal well-wish to Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., who was presumably recovering from an illness or injury. The President requested that Cole be told to return to the golf course as soon as possible, emphasizing the message's personal nature. This brief exchange occurred as Nixon prepared to depart for a televised recording of his Honor America Day speech.","topics":["Kenneth R. Cole Jr.","White House operations","Presidential communication","Honor America Day"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:04:32.342Z"},"topicSlugs":["kenneth-r-cole-jr","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","honor-america-day"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-158.mp3","bytes":436664,"durationSec":36.31,"bitrate":96203,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:34.288Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-158.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-158","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-158","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}