{"conversationCode":"039-124","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":124,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-124","startDateTime":"1973-06-06T21:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-06T21:41:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Jun-1973","startTime":"5:40 PM","endDate":"6-Jun-1973","endTime":"5:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buzhardt, J. Fred, Jr.;","description":"On June 6, 1973, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:40 pm to 5:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-124 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. 39-124\n\nDate: June 6, 1973\nTime: 5:40 pm - 5:41 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n       Incoming telephone call\n\nJ. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 443-34]\n\n       Buzhardt’s schedule\n             -Meeting with Archibald Cox\n\f                                            -102-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 39-124 (cont’d)\n\n              -Meeting with President\n                     -Executive Office Building [EOB]","filename":["039-124.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Buzhardt, J. Fred, Jr."],"prevCode":"039-123","nextCode":"039-125","transcript":[{"start":1.23,"end":2.33,"text":"All right, calling, sir."},{"start":2.35,"end":2.45,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.38,"end":4.16,"text":"Yes?"},{"start":4.18,"end":4.66,"text":"Uh, Fred?"},{"start":4.68,"end":5.1,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5.12,"end":6.04,"text":"Oh, you're back."},{"start":6.19,"end":8.15,"text":"You want to drop over?"},{"start":8.17,"end":8.41,"text":"I'm back."},{"start":8.47,"end":9.82,"text":"I'm over at the OB."},{"start":10.04,"end":10.5,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":10.52,"end":13.23,"text":"I'll be right now."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. to coordinate an immediate meeting at the Executive Office Building. This conversation serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate an in-person discussion regarding Buzhardt's ongoing activities, specifically his interactions with special prosecutor Archibald Cox. The primary objective is to confirm Buzhardt's availability and expedite his arrival for a private briefing.","topics":["J. Fred Buzhardt Jr.","Archibald Cox","White House logistics","Executive Office Building","Presidential meetings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:54:09.413Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-fred-buzhardt-jr","archibald-cox","white-house-logistics","executive-office-building","presidential-meetings"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-124.mp3","bytes":610304,"durationSec":18.97,"bitrate":257331,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.813Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-124.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-124","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/039/conversation-039-124","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}