{"conversationCode":"006-187","tapeNumber":6,"conversationNumber":187,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-006-187","startDateTime":"1971-07-22T21:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-22T21:38:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jul-1971","startTime":"5:38 PM","endDate":"22-Jul-1971","endTime":"5:38 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 5:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-187 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. 6-187\n\nDate: July 22, 1971\nTime: 5:38 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Senator William V. Roth's location","filename":["006-187.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:39:16","tapeEnd":"04:39:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"006-186","nextCode":"006-188","transcript":[{"start":3.59,"end":7.58,"text":"Mr. President, I find Senator Roth is on his way to his Delaware residence."},{"start":7.62,"end":8.61,"text":"May I leave you there?"},{"start":8.65,"end":12.38,"text":"No, I'll call later."},{"start":12.4,"end":12.8,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":13.14,"end":14.23,"text":"You're welcome, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a call to Senator William V. Roth to discuss a matter of business. Upon learning from the White House operator that the Senator was currently traveling to his Delaware residence, Nixon decided to postpone the outreach. No substantive policy discussions occurred as the President opted to attempt contact at a later time.","topics":["William V. Roth","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Delaware"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:22:30.924Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-v-roth","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","delaware"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"006-187.mp3","bytes":364560,"durationSec":15.11,"bitrate":193074,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.079Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/006-187.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-187","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/6/conversation-006-187","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}