{"conversationCode":"023-142","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":142,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-142","startDateTime":"1972-05-03T19:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-03T19:49:00.000Z","startDate":"3-May-1972","startTime":"3:48 PM","endDate":"3-May-1972","endTime":"3:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 3:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-142 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. 23-142\n\nDate: May 3, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:48 and 3:49 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 335-21]\n\n     Request for a call to Warren E. Burger","filename":["023-142.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"023-141","nextCode":"023-143","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":5.18,"text":"Chief Justice please."},{"start":5.2,"end":5.5,"text":"Yes sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with Chief Justice Warren E. Burger. The brief interaction serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and the head of the Supreme Court. No substantive policy matters or further details were discussed during this short exchange.","topics":["Warren E. Burger","Supreme Court","Communication","Presidential Correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:44:39.159Z"},"topicSlugs":["warren-e-burger","supreme-court","communication","presidential-correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-142.mp3","bytes":160495,"durationSec":6.61,"bitrate":194203,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.522Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-142.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-142","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-142","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}