{"conversationCode":"005-159","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":159,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-159","startDateTime":"1971-06-27T23:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-27T23:11:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Jun-1971","startTime":"7:09 PM","endDate":"27-Jun-1971","endTime":"7:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:09 pm and 7:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-159 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. 5-159\n\nDate: June 27, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:09 pm and 7:11 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["005-159.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:51:51","tapeEnd":"04:51:57","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-158","nextCode":"005-160","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.54,"text":"A drink, I don't hate this."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The interaction served as a brief administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication with the General. No substantive policy matters or further developments were recorded in this short exchange.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Communication","White House operations","Administrative task"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:04:37.768Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","communication","white-house-operations","administrative-task"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-159.mp3","bytes":92943,"durationSec":6.98,"bitrate":106504,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-159.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-159","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-159","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}