{"conversationCode":"023-108","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":108,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-108","startDateTime":"1972-05-02T15:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-02T15:04:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1972","startTime":"11:04 AM","endDate":"2-May-1972","endTime":"11:04 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:04 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-108 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 23-108\n\nDate: May 2, 1972\nTime: 11:04 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 717-5]\n\n     Lyndon B. Johnson's schedule\n         -The President's schedule\n               -Rose Mary Woods","filename":["023-108.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"023-107","nextCode":"023-109","transcript":[{"start":1.25,"end":6.38,"text":"Mr. President, President Johnson is out of the house, but he should be back in five or six minutes."},{"start":6.39,"end":9.62,"text":"Did he call you back?"},{"start":9.64,"end":11.2,"text":"Put the call through when he gets back."},{"start":11.54,"end":12.03,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":12.06,"end":18.02,"text":"Maybe if I am out, put it through to Miss Woods."},{"start":18.52,"end":19,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":19.16,"end":19.62,"text":"You got it?"},{"start":19.64,"end":20.1,"text":"Yes."},{"start":20.12,"end":21.06,"text":"Yeah, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call with former President Lyndon B. Johnson. He requested that the operator track Johnson’s availability and ensure the connection was made upon his return. In the event Nixon became unavailable, he authorized the operator to route the call to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods.","topics":["Lyndon B. Johnson","White House operations","scheduling","Rose Mary Woods"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:41:34.482Z"},"topicSlugs":["lyndon-b-johnson","white-house-operations","scheduling","rose-mary-woods"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-108.mp3","bytes":514088,"durationSec":21.35,"bitrate":192660,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-108.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-108","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/023/conversation-023-108","catalogNaId":417193501,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417193501","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}