{"conversationCode":"024-053","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":53,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-053","startDateTime":"1972-05-09T16:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-09T16:09:00.000Z","startDate":"9-May-1972","startTime":"12:06 PM","endDate":"9-May-1972","endTime":"12:09 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 12:06 pm and 12:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-053 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. 24-53\n\nDate: May 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:06 pm and 12:09 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 338-24]\n\n     Request for a call to Nelson A. Rockefeller","filename":["024-053.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:08:55","tapeEnd":"01:09:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"024-052","nextCode":"024-054","transcript":[{"start":2.14,"end":2.8,"text":"Mr. President?"},{"start":2.9,"end":4.78,"text":"Yeah, Governor Rockefeller."},{"start":4.8,"end":5.26,"text":"Okay, thank you."},{"start":5.84,"end":6.71,"text":"In New York?"},{"start":6.97,"end":7.21,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":7.23,"end":8.02,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate a phone call between the two officials. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection attempt.","topics":["Nelson A. Rockefeller","Executive communication","White House operations","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:51:56.404Z"},"topicSlugs":["nelson-a-rockefeller","executive-communication","white-house-operations","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-053.mp3","bytes":236355,"durationSec":9.77,"bitrate":193492,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-053.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-053","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-053","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}