{"conversationCode":"006-140","tapeNumber":6,"conversationNumber":140,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-006-140","startDateTime":"1971-07-05T22:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-05T23:21:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Jul-1971","startTime":"6:16 PM","endDate":"5-Jul-1971","endTime":"7:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 6:16 pm and 7:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-140 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. 6-140\n\nDate: July 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:15 pm and 7:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["006-140.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:48:15","tapeEnd":"02:48:22","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"006-139","nextCode":"006-141","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":6.26,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate official communication with his primary spokesperson. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Press Relations","White House Communications","Presidential Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:18:21.198Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","press-relations","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"006-140.mp3","bytes":209704,"durationSec":8.66,"bitrate":193774,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.079Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/006-140.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-140","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/6/conversation-006-140","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}