{"conversationCode":"040-121","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":121,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-121","startDateTime":"1973-06-15T01:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-15T01:14:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Jun-1973","startTime":"9:10 PM","endDate":"14-Jun-1973","endTime":"9:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:10 pm and 9:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-121 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. 40-121\n\nDate: June 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:10 pm and 9:14 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 446-13]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Nellie L. Yates","filename":["040-121.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-120","nextCode":"040-122","transcript":[{"start":1.16,"end":2.65,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.51,"end":5.78,"text":"Hi, Mrs. Nell Gates, please."},{"start":5.84,"end":6.24,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":6.26,"end":8.85,"text":"Dinner or something, don't bother."},{"start":9.25,"end":9.45,"text":"All right."},{"start":9.47,"end":9.77,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to Nellie Yates. He provided instructions to ensure the operator did not disturb Yates if she was at dinner or otherwise occupied. The conversation was purely administrative, serving as a brief request for telephonic assistance.","topics":["Nellie Yates","White House operations","Telephone log","Personal communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:07:27.902Z"},"topicSlugs":["nellie-yates","white-house-operations","telephone-log","personal-communications"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-121.mp3","bytes":550912,"durationSec":17.13,"bitrate":257235,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-121.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-121","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-121","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}