{"conversationCode":"042-089","tapeNumber":42,"conversationNumber":89,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-042-089","startDateTime":"1971-05-05T17:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-05T19:00:00.000Z","startDate":"5-May-1971","startTime":"1:16 PM","endDate":"5-May-1971","endTime":"3:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-089 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. 42-89\n\nDate: May 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 252-33]\n\n     Call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["042-089.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:24:11","tapeEnd":"02:24:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"042-088","nextCode":"042-090","transcript":[{"start":3.47,"end":4.93,"text":"Mr. Steve Bull, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to request that the White House operator connect him with his aide, Stephen B. Bull. The purpose of this exchange is strictly limited to facilitating this connection for the President. No further substantive policy matters or decisions are discussed during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Administrative communication","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:22:21.580Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","administrative-communication","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"042-089.mp3","bytes":89388,"durationSec":7.28,"bitrate":98228,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/042-089.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-089","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/42/conversation-042-089","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}