{"conversationCode":"004-068","tapeNumber":4,"conversationNumber":68,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-004-068","startDateTime":"1971-06-08T13:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-08T13:45:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Jun-1971","startTime":"9:44 AM","endDate":"8-Jun-1971","endTime":"9:45 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Chapin, Dwight L.;","description":"On June 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin talked on the telephone from 9:44 am to 9:45 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-068 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. 4-68\n\nDate: June 8, 1971\nTime: 9:44 am - 9:45 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Dwight L. Chapin.\n\n[See Conversation No. 514-7A]\n\n     Certificates\n           -President's conversation with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n           -Distribution\n                 -President's Tulsa and West Point visits","filename":["004-068.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:47:01","tapeEnd":"02:47:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Chapin, Dwight L."],"prevCode":"004-067","nextCode":"004-069","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":6.86,"text":"Yeah, Mr. President, do you take care of certificates, et cetera, on those things?"},{"start":6.98,"end":11.46,"text":"I want to be sure that all those groups, I've told all of them this, but he's pretty busy."},{"start":11.48,"end":15.25,"text":"You know, like the Tulsa choirs, there were about 18 bands there and so forth."},{"start":15.37,"end":16.77,"text":"Yes, we do the choirs and bands."},{"start":16.79,"end":19.33,"text":"We've added the police departments per your instructions."},{"start":19.39,"end":23.06,"text":"And all of those will be covered on the Tulsa visit."},{"start":23.18,"end":23.58,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":23.7,"end":25.1,"text":"West Point visit and the rest."},{"start":25.12,"end":27.32,"text":"Right, and we've been checking back, and they've been doing it."},{"start":27.76,"end":30.38,"text":"That's routine, but it'll be very, very good to put out."},{"start":30.44,"end":31.66,"text":"Good enough."},{"start":31.68,"end":32.01,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":32.05,"end":32.39,"text":"Okay, sir."},{"start":32.49,"end":33.5,"text":"Yes, goodbye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Dwight L. Chapin to ensure that commemorative certificates were being distributed to the various groups involved in his recent travel, including musical ensembles and police departments. Chapin confirmed that the administrative staff was actively handling these requests for both the Tulsa and West Point visits. The President emphasized the importance of these routine acknowledgments as a public relations tool for the White House.","topics":["Public relations","Commemorative certificates","Presidential travel","White House administration","Tulsa visit","West Point"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:46:20.739Z"},"topicSlugs":["public-relations","commemorative-certificates","presidential-travel","white-house-administration","tulsa-visit","west-point"],"audioDurationSec":34,"audioFiles":[{"file":"004-068.mp3","bytes":426095,"durationSec":33.54,"bitrate":101628,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/004-068.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-068","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/4/conversation-004-068","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}