{"conversationCode":"039-002","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-002","startDateTime":"1973-05-24T17:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-24T17:34:00.000Z","startDate":"24-May-1973","startTime":"1:34 PM","endDate":"24-May-1973","endTime":"1:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 24, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 39-2\n\nDate: May 24, 1973\nTime: 1:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 440-36]\n\n       Request for telephone call to Leslie C. Arends","filename":["039-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-001","nextCode":"039-003","transcript":[{"start":1.47,"end":5.87,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to Representative Leslie C. Arends. The conversation serves solely as an administrative coordination to connect the President with the House Minority Whip. No substantive policy matters or further developments are discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Leslie C. Arends","White House switchboard","legislative relations","communications coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:42:34.951Z"},"topicSlugs":["leslie-c-arends","white-house-switchboard","legislative-relations","communications-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-002.mp3","bytes":368640,"durationSec":11.4,"bitrate":258694,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}