{"conversationCode":"039-108","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":108,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-108","startDateTime":"1973-06-06T18:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-06T18:35:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Jun-1973","startTime":"2:34 PM","endDate":"6-Jun-1973","endTime":"2:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:34 pm and 2:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-108 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. 39-108\n\nDate: June 6, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:34 pm and 2:35 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 443-10]\n\n       Request for telephone call to J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.\n\f                                                  -88-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["039-108.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-107","nextCode":"039-109","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":4.95,"text":"Bazaar, please."},{"start":4.96,"end":5.89,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. The brief exchange serves as a logistical coordination for the President to communicate with his legal counsel regarding the ongoing Watergate investigation. No substantive policy discussions occur during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["J. Fred Buzhardt Jr.","Watergate investigation","White House communications","Legal counsel"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:52:40.514Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-fred-buzhardt-jr","watergate-investigation","white-house-communications","legal-counsel"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-108.mp3","bytes":421888,"durationSec":13.04,"bitrate":258826,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.811Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-108.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-108","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-108","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}