{"conversationCode":"042-106","tapeNumber":42,"conversationNumber":106,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-042-106","startDateTime":"1971-04-29T14:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-29T15:08:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Apr-1971","startTime":"10:48 AM","endDate":"29-Apr-1971","endTime":"11:08 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:48 am and 11:08 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-106 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. 42-106\n\nDate: April 29, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:48 am and 11:08 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 042-106, which has been merged with\nconversation 042-078.]\n\n[See Conversation No. 251-29]\n\n     President's conversation with John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["042-106.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:06:05","tapeEnd":"02:06:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"042-105","nextCode":"042-107","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.53,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":0.83,"end":3.69,"text":"I think it's cut off."},{"start":3.99,"end":4.73,"text":"Oh, that's the same."},{"start":4.75,"end":5.48,"text":"I'll call you right back."},{"start":5.5,"end":6.48,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to address a technical malfunction regarding a disconnected telephone line. The brief exchange focused on resolving the connectivity issue so the President could continue his communication efforts. The operator committed to redialing the line to re-establish the connection.","topics":["White House communications","Telephone operations","Technical difficulties","Executive workflow"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:23:55.781Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telephone-operations","technical-difficulties","executive-workflow"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"042-106.mp3","bytes":118784,"durationSec":7.87,"bitrate":120704,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/042-106.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-106","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/42/conversation-042-106","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}