{"conversationCode":"006-015","tapeNumber":6,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-006-015","startDateTime":"1971-06-29T12:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-29T12:47:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Jun-1971","startTime":"8:46 AM","endDate":"29-Jun-1971","endTime":"8:47 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.;","description":"On June 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 8:46 am to 8:47 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-015 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. 6-15\n\nDate: June 29, 1971\nTime: 8:46 am - 8:47 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.\n\n[See Conversation No. 530-3C]\n\n     Talking paper for Jack F. Kemp\n          -Paul N. McCloskey, Jr.","filename":["006-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:11:02","tapeEnd":"00:11:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Buchanan, Patrick J."],"prevCode":"006-014","nextCode":"006-016","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.17,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.21,"end":2.59,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":3.06,"end":20,"text":"Just to recap, the kind of thing I think would be most helpful to him is the kind of a talking paper that you give to me before a press conference where you say, the way you look at it, here's what McCloskey's doing, and here's the kind of tone he should have, here are some of the points that he should make, get home three or four points."},{"start":20.32,"end":21.28,"text":"You know what I mean?"},{"start":21.44,"end":21.72,"text":"Okay."},{"start":21.74,"end":25,"text":"Sort of think it through that way, Pat, rather than give him a great bundle of material."},{"start":25.13,"end":25.69,"text":"Okay, fine."},{"start":25.81,"end":26.15,"text":"Fair enough."},{"start":26.53,"end":26.73,"text":"Fine."},{"start":26.75,"end":31.26,"text":"You sort of put yourself in his spot and say, here are the points we'd like to have him do to chop the son of a bitch up."},{"start":31.5,"end":32.5,"text":"Okay, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed Patrick J. Buchanan to prepare a concise talking paper for Congressman Jack F. Kemp regarding his political opponent, Paul N. McCloskey, Jr. Rather than providing exhaustive research, Nixon requested a strategic document that outlines specific, impactful points for Kemp to utilize in his messaging. The primary objective of this guidance was to provide Kemp with an effective framework to aggressively challenge McCloskey.","topics":["Jack F. Kemp","Paul N. McCloskey, Jr.","Political Strategy","White House Communications","Talking Points"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:07:02.904Z"},"topicSlugs":["jack-f-kemp","paul-n-mccloskey-jr","political-strategy","white-house-communications","talking-points"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"006-015.mp3","bytes":789701,"durationSec":32.82,"bitrate":192520,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/006-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/6/conversation-006-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}