{"conversationCode":"006-178","tapeNumber":6,"conversationNumber":178,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-006-178","startDateTime":"1971-07-21T20:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-21T21:14:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Jul-1971","startTime":"4:46 PM","endDate":"21-Jul-1971","endTime":"5:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:46 pm and 5:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-178 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. 6-178\n\nDate: July 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:46 pm and 5:14 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to John D. Ehrlichman\n           -George P. Shultz","filename":["006-178.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:17:50","tapeEnd":"04:17:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"006-177","nextCode":"006-179","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.62,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.66,"end":4.31,"text":"No, no, sorry, I want Ehrlichman."},{"start":4.33,"end":4.97,"text":"Mr. Ehrlichman?"},{"start":5.01,"end":6.72,"text":"Don't bother, don't bother."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to his assistant John D. Ehrlichman, intending to discuss matters involving George P. Shultz. After the operator begins the connection, the President abruptly cancels the request and instructs the operator not to proceed with the call. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occur during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","George P. Shultz","White House operations","administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:21:43.136Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","george-p-shultz","white-house-operations","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"006-178.mp3","bytes":181492,"durationSec":7.47,"bitrate":194258,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.079Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/006-178.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-178","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/6/conversation-006-178","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}