{"conversationCode":"006-186","tapeNumber":6,"conversationNumber":186,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-006-186","startDateTime":"1971-07-22T21:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-22T21:16:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jul-1971","startTime":"5:16 PM","endDate":"22-Jul-1971","endTime":"5:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-186 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. 6-186\n\nDate: July 22, 1971\nTime: 5:16 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 543-3]\n\n     Call to Congressman Charles E. Chamberlain","filename":["006-186.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:39:05","tapeEnd":"04:39:16","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"006-185","nextCode":"006-187","transcript":[{"start":0.12,"end":3.36,"text":"Yes, President."},{"start":3.38,"end":7.8,"text":"Could you get me Congressman Chamberlain of Michigan, please?"},{"start":7.98,"end":8.86,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman Charles E. Chamberlain of Michigan. This brief administrative interaction was intended to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Representative. No further discussion occurred during this recording segment as the operator proceeded to initiate the connection.","topics":["Richard M. Nixon","Charles E. Chamberlain","White House operations","Congressional relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:22:25.599Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-m-nixon","charles-e-chamberlain","white-house-operations","congressional-relations"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"006-186.mp3","bytes":266758,"durationSec":11.03,"bitrate":193548,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.079Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/006-186.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-186","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/6/conversation-006-186","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}