{"conversationCode":"040-102","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":102,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-102","startDateTime":"1973-06-14T03:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-14T03:00:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Jun-1973","startTime":"11:00 PM","endDate":"13-Jun-1973","endTime":"11:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On June 13, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 11:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-102 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. 40-102\n\nDate: June 13, 1973\nTime: 11:00 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[This is the original beginning of Conversation No. 040-102, which has been merged with\nConversation No. 040-101.]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Edward J. Gurney\n          -Raymond K. Price, Jr.","filename":["040-102.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"040-101","nextCode":"040-103","transcript":[{"start":1.63,"end":3.61,"text":"Senator Gurney is not at home, sir."},{"start":4.17,"end":5.28,"text":"Try Ray Price."},{"start":5.44,"end":6.24,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a series of telephone calls late at night, initially requesting to speak with Senator Edward J. Gurney. After being informed that the Senator was unavailable at his home, the President directed the operator to place a call to speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. instead. This exchange reflects the President's administrative efforts to reach key advisors during off-hours.","topics":["Presidential communication","Edward J. Gurney","Raymond K. Price, Jr.","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:05:44.005Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communication","edward-j-gurney","raymond-k-price-jr","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-102.mp3","bytes":501760,"durationSec":15.55,"bitrate":258195,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.135Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-102.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-102","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-102","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}