{"conversationCode":"025-070","tapeNumber":25,"conversationNumber":70,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-025-070","startDateTime":"1972-06-16T12:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-16T16:30:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Jun-1972","startTime":"8:07 AM","endDate":"16-Jun-1972","endTime":"12:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 12:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-070 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 25-70\n\nDate: June 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:07 am and 12:30 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n**************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/30/2017.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[025-070-w001]\n[Duration: 3s]\n\nThe President picks up the phone.\n\n**************************************************************************\n\f     Request for a call to Richard M. Helms\n\n**************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/30/2017.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[025-070-w002]\n[Duration: 2s]\n\nThe President hangs up the phone.\n\n**************************************************************************","filename":["025-070.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:08:23","tapeEnd":"03:08:29","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"025-069","nextCode":"025-071","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":6.11,"text":"Could you get me Director Helms, please?"},{"start":6.19,"end":7.16,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with CIA Director Richard Helms. This short exchange serves as the administrative bridge for a follow-up discussion between the President and the intelligence chief. No further substantive dialogue occurs during this specific recorded segment.","topics":["Richard M. Helms","CIA","White House operator","communication logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:08:49.842Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-m-helms","cia","white-house-operator","communication-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"025-070.mp3","bytes":215666,"durationSec":8.92,"bitrate":193499,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/025-070.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-070","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/25/conversation-025-070","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}