{"conversationCode":"042-058","tapeNumber":42,"conversationNumber":58,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-042-058","startDateTime":"1971-04-20T19:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-20T19:38:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1971","startTime":"2:38 PM","endDate":"20-Apr-1971","endTime":"2:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-058 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 42-58\n\nDate: April 20, 1971\nTime: 2:38 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 251-3]\n\n     Call to Leslie C. Arends","filename":["042-058.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:07:27","tapeEnd":"01:07:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"042-057","nextCode":"042-059","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.79,"text":"Congressman Ahrens, please."},{"start":2.11,"end":4.29,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman Leslie C. Arends. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with the House Republican Whip. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange.","topics":["Leslie C. Arends","Telephone call","Logistics","House Republican leadership"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:19:28.475Z"},"topicSlugs":["leslie-c-arends","telephone-call","logistics","house-republican-leadership"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"042-058.mp3","bytes":61440,"durationSec":4.64,"bitrate":105828,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/042-058.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-058","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/42/conversation-042-058","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}