{"conversationCode":"024-081","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":81,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-081","startDateTime":"1972-05-15T20:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-15T21:10:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1972","startTime":"4:00 PM","endDate":"15-May-1972","endTime":"5:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 5:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-081 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. 24-81\n\nDate: May 15, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:00 pm and 5:10 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     George C. Wallace\n         -Attempted assassination\n\n     Request for a call to Cornelia Wallace","filename":["024-081.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:29:05","tapeEnd":"01:29:22","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"024-080","nextCode":"024-082","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.83,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.85,"end":7.06,"text":"Operator, as you probably know, Governor Wallace was shot today."},{"start":7.32,"end":7.72,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":7.74,"end":11.69,"text":"And you see if you could get Mrs. Wallace, his wife, on the phone, please."},{"start":11.71,"end":12.68,"text":"His wife?"},{"start":13.4,"end":13.82,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an urgent call to Cornelia Wallace following the attempted assassination of her husband, Governor George C. Wallace. The President sought to contact the First Lady of Alabama personally to offer his support during the unfolding crisis. This interaction highlights the immediate political and personal response by the White House to the violent attack on the presidential candidate.","topics":["George C. Wallace","Attempted assassination","Cornelia Wallace","Presidential communication","1972 election"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:54:28.406Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-c-wallace","attempted-assassination","cornelia-wallace","presidential-communication","1972-election"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-081.mp3","bytes":332276,"durationSec":13.78,"bitrate":192921,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.839Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-081.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-081","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-081","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}