{"conversationCode":"039-088","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":88,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-088","startDateTime":"1973-06-05T17:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-05T17:12:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Jun-1973","startTime":"1:07 PM","endDate":"5-Jun-1973","endTime":"1:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:07 pm and 1:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-088 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. 39-88\n\nDate: June 5, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:07 pm and 1:12 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 441-10]\n\n       Request for telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\f                                               -68-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 39-89 (cont’d)","filename":["039-088.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-087","nextCode":"039-089","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":3.9,"text":"Can I head, please?"},{"start":3.92,"end":4,"text":"Yes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent telephone connection. The primary purpose of the brief exchange was to request a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr. No other substantive policy or political matters were addressed during this interaction.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","White House operator"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:50:45.519Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","white-house-operator"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-088.mp3","bytes":313344,"durationSec":9.71,"bitrate":258250,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.809Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-088.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-088","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-088","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}