{"conversationCode":"040-006","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-006","startDateTime":"1973-06-11T18:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-11T18:13:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jun-1973","startTime":"2:13 PM","endDate":"11-Jun-1973","endTime":"2:13 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 2:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-006 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. 40-6\n\nDate: June 11, 1973\nTime: 2:13 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 444-3]\n\n     Meeting with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.\n          -Location","filename":["040-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-005","nextCode":"040-007","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":2.76,"text":"Could you ask Mr. Bazaar to come to the OB, please?"},{"start":2.8,"end":6.29,"text":"If he's at lunch or something, just let me know."},{"start":6.82,"end":7.24,"text":"All right."},{"start":7.28,"end":8.1,"text":"Thanks."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to summon J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. to the Oval Office for a meeting. The President requested that the operator locate Buzhardt immediately, even if he was at lunch. This brief exchange served to facilitate an urgent direct consultation with his legal counsel.","topics":["J. Fred Buzhardt Jr.","White House operations","Oval Office","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:56:36.074Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-fred-buzhardt-jr","white-house-operations","oval-office","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-006.mp3","bytes":473088,"durationSec":14.67,"bitrate":258047,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}