{"conversationCode":"042-093","tapeNumber":42,"conversationNumber":93,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-042-093","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); Snyder, Alvin;","description":"On May 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alvin Snyder 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 042-093 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. 42-93\n\nDate: May 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Alvin Snyder.\n\n     Snyder's work on networks\n         -Charles W. Colson","filename":["042-093.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:25:59","tapeEnd":"02:26:50","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Snyder, Alvin"],"prevCode":"042-092","nextCode":"042-094","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":1.86,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.88,"end":3.6,"text":"Mr. Snyder."},{"start":3.62,"end":3.96,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.41,"end":6.29,"text":"Ready."},{"start":6.31,"end":6.65,"text":"Hello."},{"start":6.67,"end":7.56,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":7.58,"end":10.45,"text":"Al, I just wanted to tell you that from Colson and others,"},{"start":10.91,"end":15.94,"text":"I heard you've been doing some very effective work around, and I appreciate it very much."},{"start":16.46,"end":17.78,"text":"Well, sir, it's my pleasure."},{"start":17.8,"end":24.01,"text":"Circulating some of those items and going up to the broadcasters and the rest, it all does a lot of good."},{"start":24.51,"end":25.93,"text":"Well, I certainly appreciate..."},{"start":25.95,"end":27.54,"text":"I hope you have some fun doing it, too."},{"start":27.56,"end":28.7,"text":"Well, I am, sir."},{"start":29.96,"end":31.64,"text":"Just so you've got to have a little..."},{"start":31.99,"end":34.03,"text":"A little thirst for battle to do these things, you know."},{"start":34.05,"end":37.84,"text":"Well, I enjoy it because I feel we're not getting an even break."},{"start":37.94,"end":39.2,"text":"Oh, well."},{"start":39.38,"end":40.87,"text":"I think you really have to keep after it."},{"start":40.89,"end":42.05,"text":"You keep after it."},{"start":42.11,"end":45.88,"text":"We'll never get an even break, but if we can get about half a break, we'll do all right."},{"start":46.16,"end":47.62,"text":"Well, I'll certainly do my best, sir."},{"start":47.68,"end":48.04,"text":"Okay."},{"start":48.06,"end":48.8,"text":"You can bet on that."},{"start":48.9,"end":49.44,"text":"Good job."},{"start":49.6,"end":50.74,"text":"Thank you very much, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon calls Alvin Snyder to express personal appreciation for his effective efforts in managing relationships with television networks. The discussion highlights Snyder's role in disseminating information and challenging perceived media bias against the administration. Nixon encourages Snyder to maintain his aggressive approach, noting that persistent engagement with broadcasters is essential to securing fairer coverage.","topics":["Media relations","Television networks","Public relations","Administration strategy","Media bias"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:22:43.893Z"},"topicSlugs":["media-relations","television-networks","public-relations","administration-strategy","media-bias"],"audioDurationSec":51,"audioFiles":[{"file":"042-093.mp3","bytes":617343,"durationSec":51.41,"bitrate":96074,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/042-093.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-093","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/42/conversation-042-093","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}