{"conversationCode":"040-036","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-036","startDateTime":"1973-06-12T20:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-12T21:27:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Jun-1973","startTime":"4:52 PM","endDate":"12-Jun-1973","endTime":"5:27 PM","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 4:52 pm and 5:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-036 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. 40-36\n\nDate: June 12, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:52 pm and 5:27 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo","filename":["040-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-035","nextCode":"040-037","transcript":[{"start":2.61,"end":3.85,"text":"Mr. Rebozo, please."},{"start":4,"end":4.61,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a routine request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to his close friend and confidant, Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo. The brief exchange serves strictly administrative purposes to facilitate personal communication between the President and Rebozo. No substantive policy matters or further developments are discussed during this connection attempt.","topics":["Bebe Rebozo","White House operations","personal communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:59:24.456Z"},"topicSlugs":["bebe-rebozo","white-house-operations","personal-communications"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-036.mp3","bytes":370688,"durationSec":11.45,"bitrate":258920,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}