{"conversationCode":"039-026","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-026","startDateTime":"1973-05-29T13:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-29T14:45:00.000Z","startDate":"29-May-1973","startTime":"9:58 AM","endDate":"29-May-1973","endTime":"10:45 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:58 am and 10:45 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-026 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. 39-26\n\nDate: May 29, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:58 am and 10:45 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 929-7A]\n\n       Request for telephone call to Joseph J.Sisco for William P. Rogers\n\f                                             -25-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["039-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-025","nextCode":"039-027","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":3.53,"text":"Operator?"},{"start":3.55,"end":6.1,"text":"Could you get Mr. Sisco for Secretary Rogers, please?"},{"start":6.42,"end":8.25,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Joseph J. Sisco on behalf of Secretary of State William P. Rogers. This brief exchange facilitated communication between the President's administration and the Department of State. No further policy discussion or substantive decision-making occurred during this connection.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Joseph J. Sisco","Department of State","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:44:51.626Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","joseph-j-sisco","department-of-state","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-026.mp3","bytes":421888,"durationSec":13.07,"bitrate":258298,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.802Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}