{"conversationCode":"039-040","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-040","startDateTime":"1973-06-03T22:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-03T22:47:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jun-1973","startTime":"6:41 PM","endDate":"3-Jun-1973","endTime":"6:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:41 pm and 6:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-040 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 39-40\n\nDate: June 3, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:41 pm and 6:47 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["039-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-039","nextCode":"039-041","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":2.75,"text":"Please."},{"start":2.77,"end":6.01,"text":"General Hague, please."},{"start":6.03,"end":6.23,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief exchange served exclusively as a procedural request to place a telephone call to the White House Chief of Staff. No further substantive policy or political discussions occurred during this brief operator-assisted connection.","topics":["Alexander Haig","White House Communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:46:12.603Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-haig","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-040.mp3","bytes":356352,"durationSec":11.01,"bitrate":258851,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}