{"conversationCode":"612-003","tapeNumber":612,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-612-003","startDateTime":"1971-11-03T21:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-03T21:34:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Nov-1971","startTime":"4:28 PM","endDate":"3-Nov-1971","endTime":"4:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:28 pm and 4:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 612-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 612-003\n\nDate: November 3, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:28 pm and 4:34 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 13-107]","filename":["612-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:02:55","tapeEnd":"00:04:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"612-002","nextCode":"612-004","transcript":[{"start":5.14,"end":9.23,"text":"Senator Russell Wong."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a call to Senator Russell Wong. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Senator. No further substantive discussion or policy developments were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["Presidential communications","Senator Russell Wong","White House operations","Telephone logs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:43:34.145Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communication","senator-russell-wong","white-house-operations","telephone-logs"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"612-003.mp3","bytes":372736,"durationSec":9.21,"bitrate":323728,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.994Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:07.305Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/612-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/612-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/612/conversation-612-003","catalogNaId":417179545,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417179545","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}