{"conversationCode":"024-039","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-039","startDateTime":"1972-05-09T15:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-09T15:16:00.000Z","startDate":"9-May-1972","startTime":"11:12 AM","endDate":"9-May-1972","endTime":"11:16 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:12 am and 11:16 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-039 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. 24-39\n\nDate: May 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:12 am and 11:16 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 338-8]\n\n     Request for a call to Melvin R. Laird","filename":["024-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:52:09","tapeEnd":"00:52:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"024-038","nextCode":"024-040","transcript":[{"start":2.02,"end":3.2,"text":"Okay, Laird, please."},{"start":3.85,"end":4.41,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him via telephone to Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird. The brief exchange serves as a logistical coordination to establish direct communication between the President and the Secretary. No further policy discussions or substantive matters were addressed during this brief call.","topics":["Melvin Laird","Secretary of Defense","Telephone communication","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:50:41.172Z"},"topicSlugs":["melvin-laird","secretary-of-defense","telephone-communication","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-039.mp3","bytes":142314,"durationSec":5.86,"bitrate":194176,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}