{"conversationCode":"010-068","tapeNumber":10,"conversationNumber":68,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-010-068","startDateTime":"1971-10-06T12:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-06T12:32:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1971","startTime":"8:32 AM","endDate":"6-Oct-1971","endTime":"8:32 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:32 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-068 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 10-68\n\nDate: October 6, 1971\nTime: 8:32 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 283-15B]\n\n     Request for a call to Hugh Scott","filename":["010-068.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:24:55","tapeEnd":"02:25:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"010-067","nextCode":"010-069","transcript":[{"start":3.73,"end":4.21,"text":"Yes sir."},{"start":4.25,"end":5.28,"text":"Senator Scott, please."},{"start":5.34,"end":6.31,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senator Hugh Scott. This brief communication served as a logistical request to initiate direct contact with the Senate Minority Leader. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific exchange.","topics":["Hugh Scott","Senate leadership","White House communications","Legislative relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:08:36.104Z"},"topicSlugs":["hugh-scott","senate-leadership","white-house-communications","legislative-relations"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"010-068.mp3","bytes":160495,"durationSec":6.62,"bitrate":194074,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.709Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/010-068.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-068","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/10/conversation-010-068","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}