{"conversationCode":"039-117","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":117,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-117","startDateTime":"1973-06-06T20:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-06T20:46:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Jun-1973","startTime":"4:46 PM","endDate":"6-Jun-1973","endTime":"4:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On June 6, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 4:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-117 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. 39-117\n\nDate: June 6, 1973\nTime: 4:46 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 443-24]\n\f                                               -96-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 39-117 (cont’d)\n\n       H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s location\n               -Meeting with John J. Wilson\n                      -Duration","filename":["039-117.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"039-116","nextCode":"039-118","transcript":[{"start":1.43,"end":3.09,"text":"He's in the office of John Wilson."},{"start":3.23,"end":3.65,"text":"Oh, no."},{"start":3.67,"end":4.58,"text":"About a half hour."},{"start":5.58,"end":7.48,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":7.5,"end":7.98,"text":"Residence?"},{"start":10.34,"end":11.88,"text":"Let's see what time you have now."},{"start":11.9,"end":12.29,"text":"447, yeah."},{"start":12.31,"end":18.39,"text":"Are you going to call him here?"},{"start":18.41,"end":19.32,"text":"I better call him back."},{"start":19.61,"end":19.88,"text":"All right."},{"start":19.92,"end":21.34,"text":"Because he won't know where I'll be."},{"start":21.36,"end":21.58,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":21.6,"end":23.22,"text":"Very good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to determine the location and status of H.R. Haldeman, who was meeting with attorney John J. Wilson. Upon learning that Haldeman had been in the meeting for approximately thirty minutes, the President decided to initiate a return call to him. The brief exchange focused exclusively on coordinating this communication and verifying the current time.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","John J. Wilson","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Watergate legal counsel"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:53:31.350Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","john-j-wilson","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","watergate-legal-counsel"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-117.mp3","bytes":933888,"durationSec":29.07,"bitrate":257033,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.812Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-117.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-117","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-117","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}