{"conversationCode":"040-105","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":105,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-105","startDateTime":"1973-06-14T16:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-14T16:16:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Jun-1973","startTime":"12:16 PM","endDate":"14-Jun-1973","endTime":"12:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On June 14, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 12:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-105 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. 40-105\n\nDate: June 14, 1973\nTime: 12:16 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 940-12A]\n\n     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s telephone call to the President","filename":["040-105.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"040-104","nextCode":"040-106","transcript":[{"start":1.31,"end":3.76,"text":"Mr. Haldeman doesn't seem to be answering, sir."},{"start":3.78,"end":5.18,"text":"Shall I try him a little later?"},{"start":7.49,"end":8.67,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":8.69,"end":9.65,"text":"He called me."},{"start":9.77,"end":14.3,"text":"Maybe he, I don't know, maybe he's around somewhere else."},{"start":14.32,"end":15.93,"text":"Okay, fine, fine."},{"start":15.97,"end":16.29,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":16.41,"end":16.81,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and a White House operator attempted to facilitate a return call to H.R. Haldeman. After the operator reported that Haldeman could not be reached, the President opted to wait and have the operator try the connection again later. The conversation functioned solely as a brief administrative coordination regarding personnel communication.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House communications","administrative coordination","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:06:00.237Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-communications","administrative-coordination","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-105.mp3","bytes":768000,"durationSec":23.91,"bitrate":256999,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-105.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-105","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-105","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}