{"conversationCode":"007-055","tapeNumber":7,"conversationNumber":55,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-007-055","startDateTime":"1971-08-02T17:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-02T17:19:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Aug-1971","startTime":"1:19 PM","endDate":"2-Aug-1971","endTime":"1:19 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-055 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. 7-55\n\nDate: August 2, 1971\nTime: 1:19 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 553-6N]\n\nRequested a call to John B. Connally\n\n                                                               Conv.\n                                                                Conversation\n                                                                     No. 7-161\n                                                                             No.\n                                                                               (cont.)\n                                                                                 7-56\n\nDate: August 2, 1971\nTime: 1:19 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 553-6O]\n\n     John B. Connally's location\n          -Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["007-055.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:25:44","tapeEnd":"02:25:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"007-054","nextCode":"007-056","transcript":[{"start":0.62,"end":2.38,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.44,"end":3.55,"text":"Secretary Connolly, please."},{"start":3.57,"end":4.93,"text":"Yes, thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. The brief exchange focuses on coordinating the Secretary's location and securing a direct line of communication. No further policy discussions occur during this administrative interaction.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House communications","administrative logistics","Treasury Department"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:28:59.449Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-communications","administrative-logistics","treasury-department"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"007-055.mp3","bytes":119117,"durationSec":4.89,"bitrate":194904,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.707Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/007-055.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-055","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/7/conversation-007-055","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}