{"conversationCode":"039-118","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":118,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-118","startDateTime":"1973-06-06T20:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-06T20:51:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Jun-1973","startTime":"4:51 PM","endDate":"6-Jun-1973","endTime":"4:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 4:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-118 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. 39-118\n\nDate: June 6, 1973\nTime: 4:51 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 443-25]\n\n       Request for telephone call to J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.\n             -Buzhardt’s secretary\n                      -Possible message","filename":["039-118.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-117","nextCode":"039-119","transcript":[{"start":0.71,"end":2.55,"text":"Operator?"},{"start":2.57,"end":4.86,"text":"Operator, would you ring Mr. Bazaar's office?"},{"start":5.14,"end":9.11,"text":"He may be out, and if he is, I don't want to bother him where he is."},{"start":9.47,"end":10.29,"text":"Okay."},{"start":10.31,"end":15.68,"text":"But you can just tell his secretary if she'd have him call me when he comes in, please."},{"start":15.87,"end":16.21,"text":"I will."},{"start":16.45,"end":17.13,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a phone call to J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., legal counsel for the White House. He instructed the operator to leave a message for Buzhardt to return his call upon returning to his office. The President explicitly requested that Buzhardt not be disturbed if he was currently unavailable.","topics":["J. Fred Buzhardt Jr.","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:53:36.667Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-fred-buzhardt-jr","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-118.mp3","bytes":800768,"durationSec":24.93,"bitrate":256930,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-118.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-118","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-118","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}