{"conversationCode":"004-069","tapeNumber":4,"conversationNumber":69,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-004-069","startDateTime":"1971-06-08T13:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-08T13:45:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Jun-1971","startTime":"9:45 AM","endDate":"8-Jun-1971","endTime":"9:45 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:45 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-069 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. 4-69\n\nDate: June 8, 1971\nTime: 9:45 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 514-7B]\n\n     Call to Curtis W. Tarr","filename":["004-069.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:47:35","tapeEnd":"02:47:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"004-068","nextCode":"004-070","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.62,"text":"Curtis Tarr, please."},{"start":3.65,"end":4.57,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to facilitate a conversation with Curtis W. Tarr, the Director of the Selective Service System. The interaction serves as a brief administrative bridge intended to connect the President with personnel involved in draft-related matters. No substantive policy discussions occur during this exchange, as its sole purpose is the establishment of the telephonic connection.","topics":["Curtis W. Tarr","Selective Service System","Telephone communication","Presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:46:25.958Z"},"topicSlugs":["curtis-w-tarr","selective-service-system","telephone-communication","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"004-069.mp3","bytes":60967,"durationSec":4.8,"bitrate":101569,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/004-069.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-069","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/4/conversation-004-069","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}