{"conversationCode":"039-003","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-003","startDateTime":"1973-05-24T17:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-24T17:36:00.000Z","startDate":"24-May-1973","startTime":"1:34 PM","endDate":"24-May-1973","endTime":"1:36 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 1:34 pm and 1:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-003 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. 39-3\n\nDate: May 24, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:34 pm and 1:36 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 440-37]\n\n       Request for telephone call to Hugh Scott\n\f                                             -3-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["039-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-002","nextCode":"039-004","transcript":[{"start":0.89,"end":3.81,"text":"Senator Scott."},{"start":4.32,"end":4.52,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":4.54,"end":4.96,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott. The brief exchange served as a logistical coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Senator. No further substantive policy matters were addressed during this connection.","topics":["Hugh Scott","Communication logistics","White House operations","Senate leadership"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:42:40.072Z"},"topicSlugs":["hugh-scott","communication-logistics","white-house-operations","senate-leadership"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-003.mp3","bytes":403456,"durationSec":12.49,"bitrate":258349,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.798Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}