{"conversationCode":"005-094","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":94,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-094","startDateTime":"1971-06-16T21:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-16T21:11:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Jun-1971","startTime":"5:10 PM","endDate":"16-Jun-1971","endTime":"5:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","description":"On June 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:10 pm to 5:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-094 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. 5-94\n\nDate: June 16, 1971\nTime: 5:10 pm - 5:11 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n[See Conversation No. 523-5B]\n\n     Copy of book Witness\n         -Alger Hiss hearings","filename":["005-094.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:51:17","tapeEnd":"02:51:42","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"005-093","nextCode":"005-095","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":3.63,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.65,"end":3.83,"text":"Hello."},{"start":4.33,"end":7.3,"text":"Do you have a copy of Witness in there, the book?"},{"start":7.32,"end":10.2,"text":"Or do you have a copy of those hearings?"},{"start":10.88,"end":11.42,"text":"You remember that?"},{"start":11.74,"end":13.85,"text":"Somebody sent me a copy of those hearings, you know."},{"start":13.95,"end":15.35,"text":"Let me see where they were put."},{"start":15.89,"end":18,"text":"I'm afraid they've been sent out."},{"start":18.02,"end":19.44,"text":"Well, they may be."},{"start":20.42,"end":20.86,"text":"Well, all right."},{"start":20.88,"end":21.64,"text":"You probably don't have it."},{"start":21.72,"end":22.87,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to inquire about the availability of specific historical documents, specifically Whittaker Chambers’ book *Witness* and transcripts from the Alger Hiss hearings. The President sought to locate these items within the White House, prompting Woods to investigate their current whereabouts. The brief exchange concluded with uncertainty regarding whether the materials remained in her possession or had been moved elsewhere.","topics":["Alger Hiss","Whittaker Chambers","Witness","Historical research","White House files"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:58:40.569Z"},"topicSlugs":["alger-hiss","whittaker-chambers","witness","historical-research","white-house-files"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-094.mp3","bytes":265712,"durationSec":22.83,"bitrate":93102,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-094.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-094","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-094","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}