{"conversationCode":"042-092","tapeNumber":42,"conversationNumber":92,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-042-092","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 042-092 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. 42-92\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     Call to John F. Griner\n           -American Federation of Government Employees [AFGE]\n\n     Call to J. Peter Grace\n           -Location\n\n     Call to Dr. Charles Chasler (sp?)\n           -Location\n\n     Alvin Snyder's location","filename":["042-092.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:25:17","tapeEnd":"02:25:59","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"042-091","nextCode":"042-093","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":9.29,"text":"Operator, I have a couple of calls that you can just get them in any order."},{"start":9.79,"end":27.17,"text":"Mr. John Greiner of the American Federation of Government Employees, and then Mr. Peter Grace, who's in New York, and Dr. Charles Chasler, C-H-A-S-L-E-R."},{"start":27.76,"end":29.88,"text":"That's in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania."},{"start":29.9,"end":33.05,"text":"I think all the numbers, the calls are over there someplace."},{"start":33.07,"end":33.41,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":33.43,"end":36.94,"text":"And Mr. Snyder just left the mess, so I'm trying to locate him."},{"start":36.96,"end":37.4,"text":"Fine."},{"start":37.42,"end":37.58,"text":"Okay."},{"start":37.78,"end":38.44,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a series of outgoing telephone calls to several individuals, including John F. Griner of the American Federation of Government Employees, J. Peter Grace, and Dr. Charles Chasler. He also requested assistance in locating Alvin Snyder, who had recently departed the White House mess. The conversation served primarily as an administrative coordination effort to facilitate these scheduled communications.","topics":["White House administration","Scheduling","John F. Griner","J. Peter Grace","Alvin Snyder"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:22:38.442Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","scheduling","john-f-griner","j-peter-grace","alvin-snyder"],"audioDurationSec":42,"audioFiles":[{"file":"042-092.mp3","bytes":505592,"durationSec":41.93,"bitrate":96454,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/042-092.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-092","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/42/conversation-042-092","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}