{"conversationCode":"720-003","tapeNumber":720,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-720-003","startDateTime":"1972-05-05T12:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-05T12:55:00.000Z","startDate":"5-May-1972","startTime":"8:51 AM","endDate":"5-May-1972","endTime":"8:55 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:51 am and 8:55 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 720-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 720-3\n\nDate: May 5, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:51 am and 8:55 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 23-163]","filename":["720a.mp3","720b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:06:35","tapeEnd":"00:10:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"720-002","nextCode":"720-004","tapeTranscriptFile":"720a.mp3,720b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":395,"end":397.19,"text":"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no"},{"start":414.89,"end":419.99,"text":"He's with the New York Building Construction Council and he's a huge fan too."},{"start":634.17,"end":634.53,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":635.73,"end":638.67,"text":"So, hi, how are you?"},{"start":638.73,"end":641.98,"text":"You've got a good day."},{"start":642.12,"end":642.74,"text":"I'm very well."},{"start":642.75,"end":644.68,"text":"The weather's been a little spotty, like here in Washington."},{"start":646.57,"end":668.86,"text":"yeah great great i thought what i was calling you about i was talking to john colson and i uh myself as you know he has been and john mentioned others have been talking to uh your man mr rogers and uh we are extremely anxious to if we"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":395,"end":669.5,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon interacts with a White House operator and an unidentified caller to discuss a request for an meeting or interaction involving Mr. Rogers. The conversation touches on professional affiliations, specifically mentioning the New York Building Construction Council, and references prior coordination with John Colson. The exchange serves as a brief logistical facilitation for upcoming communications or appointments.","topics":["White House logistics","John Colson","Mr. Rogers","New York Building Construction Council","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:15:49.821Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-logistics","john-colson","mr-rogers","new-york-building-construction-council","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":218,"audioFiles":[{"file":"720a.mp3","bytes":176387969,"durationSec":7349.43,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"720b.mp3","bytes":152406307,"durationSec":6350.19,"bitrate":192002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.687Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/720a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/720b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/720-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/720/conversation-720-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}