{"conversationCode":"007-065","tapeNumber":7,"conversationNumber":65,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-007-065","startDateTime":"1971-08-06T16:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-06T16:06:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Aug-1971","startTime":"12:06 PM","endDate":"6-Aug-1971","endTime":"12:06 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-065 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. 7-65\n\nDate: August 6, 1971\nTime: 12:06 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 556-11]\n\n     Inquired about the call to Wright Patman","filename":["007-065.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:31:41","tapeEnd":"02:31:51","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"007-064","nextCode":"007-066","transcript":[{"start":0.12,"end":2.38,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.4,"end":3.89,"text":"Do you have Wright-Pettman?"},{"start":3.91,"end":4.82,"text":"Mr. President, I had him."},{"start":4.86,"end":5.66,"text":"I got him right back for you."},{"start":5.68,"end":6.2,"text":"Oh, I'm sorry."},{"start":6.46,"end":7.21,"text":"Somebody was in here."},{"start":7.25,"end":8.11,"text":"I understand that, sir."},{"start":8.13,"end":8.35,"text":"Fine."},{"start":8.37,"end":9.01,"text":"Right away."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Representative Wright Patman. The brief exchange addressed a dropped connection, with the operator confirming that she would reconnect the President to the Congressman immediately. This interaction served as an administrative step to ensure the President could proceed with a scheduled legislative or political discussion.","topics":["Wright Patman","White House operations","Presidential communications","Congressional relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:29:54.153Z"},"topicSlugs":["wright-patman","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","congressional-relations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"007-065.mp3","bytes":245759,"durationSec":10.17,"bitrate":193328,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.472Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/007-065.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-065","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/7/conversation-007-065","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}