{"conversationCode":"006-055","tapeNumber":6,"conversationNumber":55,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-006-055","startDateTime":"1971-06-30T18:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-30T18:52:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jun-1971","startTime":"2:44 PM","endDate":"30-Jun-1971","endTime":"2:52 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:44 pm and 2:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-055 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. 6-55\n\nDate: June 30, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:44 pm and 2:52 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 532-23E]\n\n     Call to Attorney General John N. Mitchell","filename":["006-055.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:06:48","tapeEnd":"01:06:57","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"006-054","nextCode":"006-056","transcript":[{"start":0.82,"end":2.55,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.28,"end":5.11,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":5.12,"end":7.28,"text":"Could you get Attorney General, please?"},{"start":7.34,"end":8.42,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate a direct line of communication between the President and the head of the Department of Justice. No further substantive policy matters are addressed during this short administrative call.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","White House operations","Presidential communication","Department of Justice"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:10:43.811Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","department-of-justice"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"006-055.mp3","bytes":212288,"durationSec":8.76,"bitrate":193979,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.079Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/006-055.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-055","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/6/conversation-006-055","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}