{"conversationCode":"040-004","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-004","startDateTime":"1973-06-11T17:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-11T17:20:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jun-1973","startTime":"1:16 PM","endDate":"11-Jun-1973","endTime":"1:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-004 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. 40-4\n\nDate: June 11, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:16 pm and 1:20 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 444-1]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Stephen B. Bull","filename":["040-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-003","nextCode":"040-005","transcript":[{"start":4.05,"end":5.4,"text":"place, Steve Ball."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with Stephen B. Bull. The brief administrative exchange serves to facilitate direct communication with his aide. No further policy or substantive matters are discussed in this recording.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","Presidential communication","Administrative request","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:56:24.180Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","presidential-communication","administrative-request","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-004.mp3","bytes":417792,"durationSec":12.95,"bitrate":258161,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}