{"conversationCode":"006-012","tapeNumber":6,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-006-012","startDateTime":"1971-06-29T12:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-29T12:42:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Jun-1971","startTime":"8:32 AM","endDate":"29-Jun-1971","endTime":"8:42 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 8:42 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-012 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. 6-12\n\nDate: June 29, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:32 am and 8:42 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 530-002]\n\n     Call to Patrick J. Buchanan","filename":["006-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:08:40","tapeEnd":"00:08:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"006-011","nextCode":"006-013","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.23,"text":"Pat the cannon, please."},{"start":4.25,"end":5.3,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request to be connected with Patrick J. Buchanan. The call serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication with his aide. No substantive policy matters or further developments were recorded in this brief interaction.","topics":["Patrick J. Buchanan","White House communications","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:06:46.689Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-j-buchanan","white-house-communications","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"006-012.mp3","bytes":138309,"durationSec":5.68,"bitrate":194765,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/006-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/6/conversation-006-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}