{"conversationCode":"005-069","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":69,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-069","startDateTime":"1971-06-14T23:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-14T23:19:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Jun-1971","startTime":"7:15 PM","endDate":"14-Jun-1971","endTime":"7:19 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:15 pm and 7:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-069 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. 5-69\n\nDate: June 14, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:15 pm and 7:19 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 258-9]\n\n     Call to Attorney General John Mitchell\n\n                                                                        Conversation\n                                                                        Conv. No. 5-69\n                                                                                     No.\n                                                                                       (cont.)\n                                                                                         5-70\n\nDate: June 14, 1971\nTime: 7:19 pm - 7:22 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with John N. Mitchell.\n\n[See Conversation No. 258-10]\n\n     New York Times publication of Pentagon Papers\n         -Possible legal action against the Times\n               -Precedents\n               -Notice by government\n               -Melvin R. Laird's opinion\n\nHenry A. Kissinger joined the conversation at an unknown time after 7:19 pm.\n\n           -Laird's Congressional testimony, June 14\n           -Lyndon B. Johnson's opinion\n                -Walt W. Rostow's conversation with Kissinger\n           -Investigation\n           -Vote on McGovern-Hatfield amendment on Vietnam war\n           -Prime suspect Daniel Ellsberg","filename":["005-069.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:19:15","tapeEnd":"02:19:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-068","nextCode":"005-070","transcript":[{"start":2.5,"end":5.16,"text":"attorney general please thank you sir"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an urgent call to Attorney General John Mitchell regarding the New York Times' recent publication of the Pentagon Papers. This discussion initiated high-level deliberations on potential legal action against the newspaper and the development of a strategy to address the unauthorized release of classified documents. The conversation set the stage for subsequent consultations involving Henry Kissinger, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, and former President Lyndon B. Johnson concerning the investigation into Daniel Ellsberg.","topics":["Pentagon Papers","John Mitchell","Daniel Ellsberg","Legal action","The New York Times","Classified information"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:56:26.471Z"},"topicSlugs":["pentagon-papers","john-mitchell","daniel-ellsberg","legal-action","the-new-york-times","classified-information"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-069.mp3","bytes":67277,"durationSec":5.61,"bitrate":95993,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.077Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-069.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-069","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-069","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}