{"conversationCode":"039-116","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":116,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-116","startDateTime":"1973-06-06T20:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-06T20:46:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Jun-1973","startTime":"4:44 PM","endDate":"6-Jun-1973","endTime":"4:46 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 4:44 pm and 4:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-116 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. 39-116\n\nDate: June 6, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:44 pm and 4:46 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for telephone call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["039-116.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-115","nextCode":"039-117","transcript":[{"start":1.55,"end":4.39,"text":"Waiter?"},{"start":4.41,"end":5.28,"text":"Holloman, please."},{"start":5.3,"end":7.19,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with H. R. \"Bob\" Haldeman. The exchange serves as a routine administrative step to facilitate a direct line of communication between the President and his former Chief of Staff. No substantive policy discussions occur during this short connection.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Presidential communications","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:53:25.517Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-communications","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-116.mp3","bytes":407552,"durationSec":12.64,"bitrate":257944,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-116.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-116","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-116","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}