{"conversationCode":"042-066","tapeNumber":42,"conversationNumber":66,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-042-066","startDateTime":"1971-04-28T19:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-28T20:33:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Apr-1971","startTime":"3:57 PM","endDate":"28-Apr-1971","endTime":"4:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:57 pm and 4:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-066 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. 42-66\n\nDate: April 28, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:57 pm and 4:33 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to the President","filename":["042-066.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:31:32","tapeEnd":"01:31:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"042-065","nextCode":"042-067","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":1.23,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.64,"end":2.32,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":2.38,"end":2.84,"text":"Would you call me?"},{"start":3.24,"end":3.6,"text":"One moment."},{"start":6.07,"end":7.59,"text":"We didn't ring this phone, sir."},{"start":7.61,"end":8.11,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":8.13,"end":8.43,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":8.45,"end":9.42,"text":"You're welcome."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief exchange with the White House operator after confusion regarding an incoming telephone call to his line. The operator clarifies that the console had not actually signaled the President's phone, revealing a technical misunderstanding regarding the connectivity of the line. No further policy or administrative actions were taken during this short administrative interaction.","topics":["White House communications","telephony","administrative logistics","Nixon administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:20:12.643Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telephony","administrative-logistics","nixon-administration"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"042-066.mp3","bytes":122880,"durationSec":9.82,"bitrate":100154,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/042-066.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-066","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/42/conversation-042-066","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}