{"conversationCode":"024-051","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":51,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-051","startDateTime":"1972-05-09T15:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-09T16:05:00.000Z","startDate":"9-May-1972","startTime":"11:56 AM","endDate":"9-May-1972","endTime":"12:05 PM","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 11:56 am and 12:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-051 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. 24-51\n\nDate: May 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:56 am and 12:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 338-22]\n\n     Request for a call to Arthur W. Radford\n         -Telephone number","filename":["024-051.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:06:57","tapeEnd":"01:07:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"024-050","nextCode":"024-052","transcript":[{"start":2.83,"end":5.8,"text":"I don't know whether he's available to talk."},{"start":5.84,"end":9.67,"text":"Would you try Admiral Radford, Arthur Radford?"},{"start":11.33,"end":12.43,"text":"Do you have a number for him?"},{"start":12.45,"end":14.62,"text":"Ask the Defense Department."},{"start":14.64,"end":15.88,"text":"Yes, we'll reach him, Mr. President."},{"start":16.08,"end":17.04,"text":"Okay, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Admiral Arthur W. Radford. He requested that the operator contact the Department of Defense to obtain the Admiral's current telephone number to facilitate the connection. The brief exchange was focused entirely on coordinating the logistics of reaching the retired military official.","topics":["Arthur W. Radford","Department of Defense","White House operations","Telephone communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:51:45.658Z"},"topicSlugs":["arthur-w-radford","department-of-defense","white-house-operations","telephone-communication"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-051.mp3","bytes":442617,"durationSec":18.37,"bitrate":192739,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-051.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-051","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-051","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}