{"conversationCode":"006-161","tapeNumber":6,"conversationNumber":161,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-006-161","startDateTime":"1971-07-20T22:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-20T22:18:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jul-1971","startTime":"6:18 PM","endDate":"20-Jul-1971","endTime":"6:18 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-161 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. 6-161\n\nDate: July 20, 1971\nTime: 6:18 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 263 -11]\n\n     Call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["006-161.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:34:07","tapeEnd":"03:34:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"006-160","nextCode":"006-162","transcript":[{"start":3.52,"end":4.24,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.26,"end":5.4,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to Charles W. Colson through the White House operator. The conversation serves as a functional request to connect the President with a key staff member. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded in this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:20:11.950Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"006-161.mp3","bytes":164565,"durationSec":6.76,"bitrate":194799,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.079Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/006-161.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-161","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/6/conversation-006-161","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}