{"conversationCode":"039-097","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":97,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-097","startDateTime":"1973-06-06T13:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-06T13:14:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Jun-1973","startTime":"9:01 AM","endDate":"6-Jun-1973","endTime":"9:14 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On June 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:01 am and 9:14 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-097 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. 39-97\n\nDate: June 6, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:01 and 9:14 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 933-3A]\n\n       Request for telephone call to J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. from Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["039-097.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"039-096","nextCode":"039-098","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":2.23,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.25,"end":5.28,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":5.3,"end":7.15,"text":"Mr. Buzard, Hague's calling."},{"start":7.17,"end":8.99,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon facilitates a connection between Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. through the White House operator. This brief administrative exchange serves to initiate a direct line of communication between the two officials. The conversation concludes immediately upon the successful coordination of this requested call.","topics":["White House communications","Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.","administrative coordination","internal staff operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:51:36.678Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","alexander-m-haig-jr","j-fred-buzhardt-jr","administrative-coordination","internal-staff-operations"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-097.mp3","bytes":444416,"durationSec":13.79,"bitrate":257881,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-097.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-097","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-097","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}