{"conversationCode":"039-068","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":68,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-068","startDateTime":"1973-06-04T17:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-04T17:26:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1973","startTime":"1:25 PM","endDate":"4-Jun-1973","endTime":"1:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 1:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-068 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. 39-68\n\nDate: June 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:25 pm and 1:26 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 442-18]\n\n       Request for telephone call to Stephen B. Bull.\n\f                                             -52-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["039-068.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-067","nextCode":"039-069","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":3.56,"text":"Speedball please."},{"start":3.98,"end":4.42,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to request a call be placed to his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull. He specifically asks for the operator to connect him via the 'Speedball' circuit, a specialized internal communications line. No further substantive policy matters are discussed during this short administrative interaction.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Presidential communications","Speedball"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:48:52.074Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","speedball"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-068.mp3","bytes":440320,"durationSec":13.68,"bitrate":257497,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.807Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-068.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-068","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/039/conversation-039-068","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}