{"conversationCode":"026-002","tapeNumber":26,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-026-002","startDateTime":"1972-06-23T19:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-23T20:07:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jun-1972","startTime":"3:00 PM","endDate":"23-Jun-1972","endTime":"4:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 4:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-002 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. 26-2\n\nDate: June 23, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:00 and 4:07 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 741-14B]\n\n     Nelson A. Rockefeller\n\n     Request for Anne Whitman\n\n     Call to George P. Shultz","filename":["026-002-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:02:24","tapeEnd":"00:02:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"026-001","nextCode":"026-003","tapeTranscriptFile":"026a.mp3,026b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":151.71,"end":157.53,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":157.57,"end":158.59,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":158.83,"end":161.51,"text":"I placed a call to Governor Rockefeller a few minutes ago."},{"start":161.57,"end":161.95,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":162.03,"end":166.59,"text":"And he's out in New Mexico trying to get his secretary, Ann Whitman, on the phone."},{"start":166.61,"end":167.19,"text":"Would you do that?"},{"start":167.35,"end":169.55,"text":"Yes, and I have... You have George?"},{"start":169.79,"end":170.11,"text":"Yes."},{"start":170.13,"end":170.81,"text":"Yeah, fine."},{"start":172.78,"end":173.74,"text":"There you are, sir."},{"start":174.32,"end":174.66,"text":"Hello."},{"start":174.76,"end":175.2,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":158,"end":175,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to facilitate a series of communications, specifically requesting a call with George P. Shultz. The operator updates the President on the status of a previous request involving Governor Nelson Rockefeller, who is currently attempting to contact his secretary, Ann Whitman, from New Mexico. The exchange serves as a logistical coordination effort to establish these specific administrative and political connections.","topics":["George P. Shultz","Nelson A. Rockefeller","Ann Whitman","White House operations","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:15:07.701Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-p-shultz","nelson-a-rockefeller","ann-whitman","white-house-operations","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"026-002-splice.mp3","bytes":319884,"durationSec":20.01,"bitrate":127890,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:14.297Z","originalFilename":["026a.mp3","026b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["026a.mp3"],"cutStart":156.5,"cutEnd":176.5,"adjustedStart":156.5,"adjustedEnd":176.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:14.297Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":11,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T08:14:00.183Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/026-002-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/26/conversation-026-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}