{"conversationCode":"005-137","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":137,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-137","startDateTime":"1971-06-23T15:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-23T18:39:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jun-1971","startTime":"11:04 AM","endDate":"23-Jun-1971","endTime":"2:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:04 am and 2:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-137 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. 5-137\n\nDate: June 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:04 am and 2:39 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 258-36]\n\n     Asked to speak with F. Edward Hébert","filename":["005-137.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:16:34","tapeEnd":"04:16:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-136","nextCode":"005-138","transcript":[{"start":0.12,"end":4.88,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.9,"end":6.46,"text":"Congressman Hebert, please."},{"start":6.48,"end":7.11,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with Congressman F. Edward Hébert. The brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and the Representative. No substantive policy matters are discussed, as the interaction is limited to the placement of the call.","topics":["F. Edward Hébert","White House operations","Presidential communication","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:02:37.143Z"},"topicSlugs":["f-edward-h-bert","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-137.mp3","bytes":111739,"durationSec":9.07,"bitrate":98576,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-137.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-137","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-137","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}