{"conversationCode":"040-012","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-012","startDateTime":"1973-06-11T19:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-11T19:05:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jun-1973","startTime":"3:00 PM","endDate":"11-Jun-1973","endTime":"3:05 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 3:00 pm and 3:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-012 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. 40-12\n\nDate: June 11, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:00 pm and 3:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 444-11]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo\n          -Location\n\f                                                -12-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n           -Delay of telephone call\n                -Evening\n           -Robert H. Abplanalp","filename":["040-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-011","nextCode":"040-013","transcript":[{"start":2.68,"end":7.87,"text":"Operator, on that call to Rebozo, if you can't get it now, I better cancel it."},{"start":7.95,"end":13.45,"text":"Well, I got the report that he had just left that office, and they're going to give me another number where I can reach him or try to reach him."},{"start":13.47,"end":13.57,"text":"Fine."},{"start":13.87,"end":14.31,"text":"I'll tell you."},{"start":14.55,"end":16.15,"text":"I'll try it tonight."},{"start":16.23,"end":19.14,"text":"I think he'll be with Mr. Applenau or something, okay?"},{"start":19.16,"end":19.4,"text":"All right."},{"start":19.42,"end":19.82,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":19.84,"end":20.28,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator regarding his attempt to reach his close confidant, Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo. Upon learning that Rebozo was unavailable, the President opted to cancel his immediate efforts to connect. The two agreed to reschedule the attempt for that evening, noting that Rebozo would likely be accompanied by Robert H. Abplanalp.","topics":["Bebe Rebozo","Robert Abplanalp","Communication","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:57:09.877Z"},"topicSlugs":["bebe-rebozo","robert-abplanalp","communication","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-012.mp3","bytes":839680,"durationSec":26.12,"bitrate":257176,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.407Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.121Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}