{"conversationCode":"042-098","tapeNumber":42,"conversationNumber":98,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-042-098","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 042-098 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. 42-98\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. 252-42]\n\n     Call to Crosby S. Noyes\n           -Washington Star","filename":["042-098.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:29:03","tapeEnd":"02:29:14","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"042-097","nextCode":"042-099","transcript":[{"start":4.4,"end":7.83,"text":"Would you try Mr. Crosby noise of the Washington Star, please?"},{"start":7.85,"end":8.03,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to Crosby S. Noyes, a journalist with the Washington Star. This brief communication serves solely as an administrative request to facilitate direct contact with the press. No substantive policy discussions or further actions are recorded during this exchange.","topics":["Crosby S. Noyes","Washington Star","Media relations","Administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:23:10.891Z"},"topicSlugs":["crosby-s-noyes","washington-star","media-relations","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"042-098.mp3","bytes":133652,"durationSec":11.11,"bitrate":96276,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/042-098.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-098","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/42/conversation-042-098","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}