{"conversationCode":"039-072","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":72,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-072","startDateTime":"1973-06-04T17:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-04T17:49:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1973","startTime":"1:36 PM","endDate":"4-Jun-1973","endTime":"1:49 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 1:36 pm and 1:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-072 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. 39-72\n\nDate: June 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:36 pm and 1:49 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 442-22]\n\f                                             -55-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 39-72 (cont’d)\n\n       Request for telephone call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["039-072.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-071","nextCode":"039-073","transcript":[{"start":3.93,"end":5.01,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to request a connection to Stephen B. Bull. This administrative call serves as the mechanism to facilitate communication between the President and his personal aide. No further policy or substantive matters are discussed during the brief interaction.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:49:15.515Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-072.mp3","bytes":354304,"durationSec":10.95,"bitrate":258931,"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/039-072.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-072","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-072","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}