{"conversationCode":"007-070","tapeNumber":7,"conversationNumber":70,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-007-070","startDateTime":"1971-08-06T16:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-06T16:21:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Aug-1971","startTime":"12:20 PM","endDate":"6-Aug-1971","endTime":"12:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Davis, Linda;","description":"On August 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Linda Davis talked on the telephone from 12:20 pm to 12:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-070 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.7-70\n\nDate: August 6, 1971\nTime: 12:20 pm - 12:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Linda Davis, Marvin L. Esch's secretary.\n\n[See Conversation No. 556-18]\n\n     The President's attempt to talk with Esch\n\n     Esch's trip to Africa\n          -Education and Labor Committee\n\n     Birthday greetings\n          -Clark MacGregor","filename":["007-070.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:33:23","tapeEnd":"02:34:06","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Davis, Linda"],"prevCode":"007-069","nextCode":"007-071","transcript":[{"start":0.07,"end":1.57,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.59,"end":3.39,"text":"I have Miss Davis, the Congressman's secretary."},{"start":3.87,"end":4.23,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.11,"end":5.87,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":5.89,"end":6.01,"text":"Hello."},{"start":6.65,"end":7.59,"text":"Miss Davis?"},{"start":7.91,"end":7.99,"text":"Yes."},{"start":8.01,"end":8.21,"text":"Fine."},{"start":8.61,"end":9.91,"text":"I just called the Congressman."},{"start":9.97,"end":14.18,"text":"I tried to reach him a couple days ago, but I understand he's out in Africa."},{"start":14.2,"end":14.42,"text":"Yes, he is."},{"start":14.66,"end":15.24,"text":"Isn't that great?"},{"start":15.26,"end":17.86,"text":"Is he on a vacation or a trip?"},{"start":17.88,"end":19.6,"text":"No, he's traveling with the Education and Labor Committee."},{"start":19.96,"end":21.52,"text":"Oh, good, good, good, good."},{"start":21.82,"end":28.35,"text":"Well, the reason I called him was that Clark McGregor told me he's having a birthday, and I just wanted to tell him to wish him well."},{"start":28.57,"end":28.89,"text":"Oh, yes."},{"start":28.87,"end":30.13,"text":"A couple days ago."},{"start":30.17,"end":38.65,"text":"You just, when you're in touch with him, you can tell him that we just hope he not only has many more birthdays, but that he has them all in the Congress of the United States."},{"start":38.67,"end":40.22,"text":"I certainly will."},{"start":40.23,"end":40.74,"text":"Okay."},{"start":40.84,"end":42.16,"text":"Thank you for calling."},{"start":42.18,"end":42.34,"text":"Bye-bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted Linda Davis, secretary to Congressman Marvin L. Esch, to extend birthday greetings to the Congressman. During the brief call, Davis clarified that Esch was currently traveling in Africa as part of an Education and Labor Committee trip. Nixon requested that she relay his well wishes and his personal hope that Esch would continue his service in the U.S. Congress.","topics":["Marvin L. Esch","Birthday greetings","Clark MacGregor","Education and Labor Committee","Congressional relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:30:20.812Z"},"topicSlugs":["marvin-l-esch","birthday-greetings","clark-macgregor","education-and-labor-committee","congressional-relations"],"audioDurationSec":43,"audioFiles":[{"file":"007-070.mp3","bytes":1025044,"durationSec":42.63,"bitrate":192341,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.471Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/007-070.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-070","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/7/conversation-007-070","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}