{"conversationCode":"028-051","tapeNumber":28,"conversationNumber":51,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-028-051","startDateTime":"1972-08-03T15:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-03T15:37:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Aug-1972","startTime":"11:33 AM","endDate":"3-Aug-1972","endTime":"11:37 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:33 am and 11:37 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-051 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 28-51\n\nDate: August 3, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:33 am and 11:37 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 760-14B]\n\n     John B. Connally's location\n          -Return to ranch","filename":["028-051.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"028-050","nextCode":"028-052","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.07,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.09,"end":5.15,"text":"Mr. President, Governor Carney went into town and his wife says I can't meet him right now."},{"start":5.27,"end":8.54,"text":"It might be about 12.30 our time that he'll return to the ranch."},{"start":8.6,"end":9.8,"text":"Can I have him call you?"},{"start":9.82,"end":11.27,"text":"Sure, just when it's convenient."},{"start":11.29,"end":14.25,"text":"Sure you go, Mr. President."},{"start":15.04,"end":15.14,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate contact with John B. Connally. The operator informed the President that Connally was currently away from his ranch and expected to return around 12:30 p.m. Nixon subsequently authorized the operator to have Connally return the call at his earliest convenience.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House communication","scheduling","telephone operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:34:05.060Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-communication","scheduling","telephone-operations"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"028-051.mp3","bytes":241612,"durationSec":15.1,"bitrate":128016,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/028-051.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-051","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/28/conversation-028-051","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}