{"conversationCode":"006-139","tapeNumber":6,"conversationNumber":139,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-006-139","startDateTime":"1971-07-05T20:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-05T20:28:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Jul-1971","startTime":"4:28 PM","endDate":"5-Jul-1971","endTime":"4:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-139 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. 6-139\n\nDate: July 5, 1971\nTime: 4:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 537-4A]\n\n     Call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["006-139.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:48:07","tapeEnd":"02:48:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"006-138","nextCode":"006-140","transcript":[{"start":0.77,"end":4.76,"text":"Mr. Ziegler, please."},{"start":4.78,"end":5.57,"text":"Shirley."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation serves strictly as a routine administrative request to connect with a senior staff member. No substantive policy matters or decisions are discussed during this short exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Staff communication","Press Secretary"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:18:15.994Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","staff-communication","press-secretary"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"006-139.mp3","bytes":155160,"durationSec":6.37,"bitrate":194923,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.079Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/006-139.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-139","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/6/conversation-006-139","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}