{"conversationCode":"024-049","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":49,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-049","startDateTime":"1972-05-09T15:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-09T15:53:00.000Z","startDate":"9-May-1972","startTime":"11:53 AM","endDate":"9-May-1972","endTime":"11:53 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 11:53 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-049 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. 24-49\n\nDate: May 9, 1972\nTime: 11:53 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 338-20]\n\n     Calls to Thomas H. Moorer and [David] Kenneth Rush","filename":["024-049.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:05:24","tapeEnd":"01:05:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"024-048","nextCode":"024-050","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":8.28,"text":"Admiral Moore and also Mr."},{"start":8.36,"end":12.6,"text":"Rush, I want to speak to them both, but don't take them out of meetings."},{"start":12.62,"end":13.62,"text":"Right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place calls to Admiral Thomas H. Moorer and Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth Rush. He explicitly directed the operator to reach them only if they were available, stipulating that they should not be pulled out of ongoing meetings. This brief interaction served as a logistical coordination effort to facilitate high-level consultations regarding ongoing policy matters.","topics":["Thomas H. Moorer","Kenneth Rush","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:51:35.057Z"},"topicSlugs":["thomas-h-moorer","kenneth-rush","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-049.mp3","bytes":367385,"durationSec":15.24,"bitrate":192795,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-049.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-049","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-049","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}