{"conversationCode":"006-078","tapeNumber":6,"conversationNumber":78,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-006-078","startDateTime":"1971-07-01T18:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-01T18:11:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Jul-1971","startTime":"2:11 PM","endDate":"1-Jul-1971","endTime":"2:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-078 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. 6-78\n\nDate: July 1, 1971\nTime: 2:11 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 261-30]\n\n     Anatoliy F. Dobrynin's location","filename":["006-078.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:23:21","tapeEnd":"01:23:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"006-077","nextCode":"006-079","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.36,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.38,"end":5.28,"text":"Mr. President, Ambassador Bryden has left the embassy."},{"start":5.3,"end":5.98,"text":"He's out to lunch."},{"start":6,"end":9.03,"text":"They were unable to locate him, but they're going to continue to try."},{"start":9.23,"end":12.34,"text":"Could you tell them to return the call at 3 o'clock, please?"},{"start":12.46,"end":14.22,"text":"I'll be gone for a few minutes."},{"start":14.24,"end":15.19,"text":"I'll be back at 3."},{"start":15.48,"end":17.17,"text":"Anytime after 3, I'll be here."},{"start":17.25,"end":17.81,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":17.83,"end":18.91,"text":"Between 3 and 4 o'clock."},{"start":18.97,"end":19.8,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator regarding his efforts to reach Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin. The operator reported that the ambassador was unavailable at the embassy, prompting Nixon to reschedule the contact attempt. The President directed that the operator follow up after 3:00 p.m. when he would be back in his office.","topics":["Anatoly Dobrynin","Soviet-U.S. relations","Diplomatic communications","Scheduling","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:12:46.974Z"},"topicSlugs":["anatoly-dobrynin","soviet-u-s-relations","diplomatic-communications","scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"006-078.mp3","bytes":629831,"durationSec":26.16,"bitrate":192598,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.079Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/006-078.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-078","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/6/conversation-006-078","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}