{"conversationCode":"005-085","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":85,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-085","startDateTime":"1971-06-15T22:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-15T22:34:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Jun-1971","startTime":"6:34 PM","endDate":"15-Jun-1971","endTime":"6:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-085 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. 5-85\n\nDate: June 15, 1971\nTime: 6:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 261-7]\n\n     John D. Ehrlichman's location\n\n     Call to John N. Mitchell","filename":["005-085.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:39:38","tapeEnd":"02:39:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-084","nextCode":"005-086","transcript":[{"start":1.03,"end":1.39,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.41,"end":4.49,"text":"Mr. Ehrlichman left about five minutes ago to the route home."},{"start":4.51,"end":5.7,"text":"Attorney General."},{"start":5.72,"end":6.26,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator locate Attorney General John Mitchell. This brief administrative exchange was initiated to facilitate communication following the departure of John Ehrlichman from the White House. The call served as a logistical step to coordinate direct contact between the President and the Attorney General.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","John D. Ehrlichman","Telephone logistics","Executive communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:57:51.546Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","john-d-ehrlichman","telephone-logistics","executive-communication"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-085.mp3","bytes":85302,"durationSec":7.25,"bitrate":94140,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-085.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-085","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-085","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}