{"conversationCode":"500-003","tapeNumber":500,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-500-003","startDateTime":"1971-05-18T11:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-18T11:55:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1971","startTime":"7:26 AM","endDate":"18-May-1971","endTime":"7:55 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bolling, Landrum;","description":"On May 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Landrum Bolling met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:26 am and 7:55 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 500-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 500-3\n\nDate: May 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:26 am and 7:55 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President dictated a letter to Landrum Bolling.\n     President's meeting with Bolling, May 14, 1971\n\n     Bolling’s book\n          -President’s views","filename":["500-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:06:28","tapeEnd":"00:07:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bolling, Landrum"],"prevCode":"500-002","nextCode":"500-004","transcript":[{"start":9.79,"end":35.95,"text":"Since our last week, I've had the opportunity to read a few letters, reading such a precise and objective paragraph."},{"start":35.97,"end":38.9,"text":"We're able to get some candid answers to your questions, in the case of our"},{"start":40.92,"end":67.35,"text":"There will be less harsh."},{"start":70.79,"end":72.63,"text":"Just peace, son."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Landrum Bolling to discuss the latter's recent book and follow up on their previous conversation from May 14, 1971. The President expressed his personal views on the text, praising its objective tone and candid approach. During the meeting, Nixon dictated a formal letter to Bolling reflecting on their exchange and emphasizing a desire for peaceful resolution.","topics":["Landrum Bolling","Book review","Presidential correspondence","Peace","Oval Office meeting"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:18:31.454Z"},"topicSlugs":["landrum-bolling","book-review","presidential-correspondence","peace","oval-office-meeting"],"audioDurationSec":78,"audioFiles":[{"file":"500-003.mp3","bytes":3129260,"durationSec":78.08,"bitrate":320607,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.346Z","transcriptGapSeconds":53,"transcriptGapShare":0.67,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/500-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/500-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/500/conversation-500-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}