{"conversationCode":"010-073","tapeNumber":10,"conversationNumber":73,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-010-073","startDateTime":"1971-10-06T14:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-06T14:30:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1971","startTime":"10:30 AM","endDate":"6-Oct-1971","endTime":"10:30 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 10:30 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-073 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. 10-73\n\nDate: October 6, 1971\nTime: 10:30 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 283-21]\n\n     Request to see William L. Safire\n\n     Request for a call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.","filename":["010-073.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:31:55","tapeEnd":"02:32:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"010-072","nextCode":"010-074","transcript":[{"start":3.62,"end":10.97,"text":"operator would you ask mr sapphire to come to the eob yes and also get mr price again from all right"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact two members of his writing staff to facilitate immediate meetings. He requested that William L. Safire be directed to the Executive Office Building and asked for a follow-up call to be placed to Raymond K. Price, Jr. This brief exchange served to coordinate presidential speechwriting and communication efforts.","topics":["William L. Safire","Raymond K. Price, Jr.","Presidential communications","White House staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:09:05.925Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-l-safire","raymond-k-price-jr","presidential-communications","white-house-staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"010-073.mp3","bytes":304064,"durationSec":12.61,"bitrate":192955,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.039Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/010-073.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-073","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/10/conversation-010-073","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}