{"conversationCode":"006-120","tapeNumber":6,"conversationNumber":120,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-006-120","startDateTime":"1971-07-03T13:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-03T13:05:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jul-1971","startTime":"9:05 AM","endDate":"3-Jul-1971","endTime":"9:05 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:05 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-120 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. 6-120\n\nDate: July 3, 1971\nTime: 9:05 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Frank C. Carlucci's location","filename":["006-120.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:26:54","tapeEnd":"02:27:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"006-119","nextCode":"006-121","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.08,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.82,"end":5.8,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Carlos, he's in California."},{"start":5.82,"end":7.69,"text":"Now, there's three hours difference of time there."},{"start":7.71,"end":9.33,"text":"Do you want me to... No, no, no."},{"start":9.43,"end":10.39,"text":"Shall I hold it for later?"},{"start":10.43,"end":13.24,"text":"No, I'll place the call later."},{"start":13.26,"end":13.8,"text":"All right."},{"start":14.24,"end":14.9,"text":"Fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a call to Frank C. Carlucci, who was currently located in California. After discussing the three-hour time difference between the coasts, the President decided to postpone the communication until a more appropriate time. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this brief logistical coordination.","topics":["Frank C. Carlucci","Communication logistics","White House operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:16:35.494Z"},"topicSlugs":["frank-c-carlucci","communication-logistics","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"006-120.mp3","bytes":367695,"durationSec":15.23,"bitrate":193093,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.079Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/006-120.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-120","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/6/conversation-006-120","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}