{"conversationCode":"024-003","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-003","startDateTime":"1972-05-08T17:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-08T18:10:00.000Z","startDate":"8-May-1972","startTime":"1:35 PM","endDate":"8-May-1972","endTime":"2:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Kissinger, Henry A.; White House operator;","description":"On May 8, 1972, Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 2:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-003 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. 24-3\n\nDate: May 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:35 pm and 2:10 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nHenry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 336-8A]\n\n     Request for a call to [David] Kenneth Rush","filename":["024-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:04:44","tapeEnd":"00:04:55","participantsList":["Kissinger, Henry A.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"024-002","nextCode":"024-004","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":10.55,"text":"Get me the Deputy Secretary of Defence, Raj, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Henry Kissinger contacts the White House operator to place an urgent call to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kenneth Rush. This brief administrative interaction serves as the logistical precursor to a high-level diplomatic or military consultation between Kissinger and the Department of Defense. No policy discussions occur, as the exchange is strictly limited to the request for the connection.","topics":["Kenneth Rush","Henry Kissinger","Department of Defense","Diplomatic communications","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:47:26.606Z"},"topicSlugs":["kenneth-rush","henry-kissinger","department-of-defense","diplomatic-communications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-003.mp3","bytes":282748,"durationSec":11.73,"bitrate":192893,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}