{"conversationCode":"040-016","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-016","startDateTime":"1973-06-12T00:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-12T00:50:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jun-1973","startTime":"8:50 PM","endDate":"11-Jun-1973","endTime":"8:50 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 8:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-016 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. 40-16\n\nDate: June 11, 1973\nTime: 8:50 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.","filename":["040-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-015","nextCode":"040-017","transcript":[{"start":3.19,"end":4.27,"text":"I'd like to..."},{"start":4.29,"end":4.59,"text":"Yes, sir?"},{"start":4.65,"end":10.18,"text":"I'd like to talk to Mr. Bussard, but not if he's at dinner or with some people, just if he's by himself."},{"start":10.58,"end":10.92,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. The President specified that the connection should only be made if Buzhardt was available and alone, rather than currently occupied with guests or dinner. This request reflects the high level of discretion required by the President when coordinating with his legal counsel during the ongoing Watergate investigations.","topics":["J. Fred Buzhardt","Presidential communications","Legal counsel","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:57:32.399Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-fred-buzhardt","presidential-communications","legal-counsel","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-016.mp3","bytes":587776,"durationSec":18.27,"bitrate":257420,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}