{"conversationCode":"039-142","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":142,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-142","startDateTime":"1973-06-07T23:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-07T23:46:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Jun-1973","startTime":"7:41 PM","endDate":"7-Jun-1973","endTime":"7:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 7, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:41 pm and 7:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-142 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. 39-142\n\nDate: June 7, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:41 pm and 7:46 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":["039-142.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-141","nextCode":"039-143","transcript":[{"start":6.33,"end":14.03,"text":"If he's out to dinner or something, I don't want to talk to him there, but if he's home, I'll talk to him."},{"start":14.11,"end":15.14,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to H. R. Haldeman. He specified that the call should only be connected if Haldeman was at his residence, explicitly requesting not to be connected if Haldeman was dining out. This exchange highlights the President's efforts to reach his former Chief of Staff amidst the ongoing scrutiny of the Watergate scandal.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Watergate aftermath"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:55:51.232Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","watergate-aftermath"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-142.mp3","bytes":679936,"durationSec":21.15,"bitrate":257226,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-142.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-142","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/039/conversation-039-142","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}