{"conversationCode":"005-119","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":119,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-119","startDateTime":"1971-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-18T00:10:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Jun-1971","startTime":"8:00 PM","endDate":"17-Jun-1971","endTime":"8:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:00 pm and 8:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-119 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. 5-119\n\nDate: June 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:00 pm and 8:10 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Charles W. Colson's call to the President\n          -Bryce N. Harlow\n\n     President's call to Gerald R. Ford","filename":["005-119.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:39:58","tapeEnd":"03:40:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-118","nextCode":"005-120","transcript":[{"start":1.94,"end":11.88,"text":"Mr. President, I have Mr. Colson asking for you now, and Bryce Harlow's in there with him, and Congressman Ford is in route home, and we left word for him to call you, sir."},{"start":11.9,"end":12.22,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":12.24,"end":13.99,"text":"All right, I'll put Mr. Colson on."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to coordinate urgent communications with key political allies. The operator facilitated a transition to Charles Colson, who was joined by Bryce Harlow, while also arranging a callback from Congressman Gerald Ford. This effort suggests a high-level coordination of legislative or political strategy involving senior staff and congressional leadership.","topics":["Charles Colson","Bryce Harlow","Gerald Ford","Legislative strategy","Communication coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:00:56.921Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-colson","bryce-harlow","gerald-ford","legislative-strategy","communication-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-119.mp3","bytes":157808,"durationSec":13.99,"bitrate":90241,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-119.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-119","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-119","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}