{"conversationCode":"040-027","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-027","startDateTime":"1973-06-12T15:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-12T15:34:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Jun-1973","startTime":"11:31 AM","endDate":"12-Jun-1973","endTime":"11:34 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 11:34 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-027 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. 40-27\n\nDate: June 12, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:31 am and 11:34 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 937-16]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.\n\f                                                  -26-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["040-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-026","nextCode":"040-028","transcript":[{"start":2.06,"end":3.3,"text":"Fred Bazaar, please."},{"start":3.34,"end":4.12,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. The primary purpose of the communication is to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and his legal counsel. No substantive policy matters or additional developments are recorded in this short administrative exchange.","topics":["J. Fred Buzhardt Jr.","White House operations","Legal counsel","Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:58:34.040Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-fred-buzhardt-jr","white-house-operations","legal-counsel","administration"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-027.mp3","bytes":333824,"durationSec":10.33,"bitrate":258444,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.124Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}