{"conversationCode":"041-012","tapeNumber":41,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-041-012","startDateTime":"1973-06-19T14:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-19T16:35:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jun-1973","startTime":"10:12 AM","endDate":"19-Jun-1973","endTime":"12:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:12 am and 12:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-012 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. 41-12\n\nDate: June 19, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:12 am and 12:35 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 945-3A]\n\n     Request for meeting\n          -J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.","filename":["041-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"041-011","nextCode":"041-013","transcript":[{"start":1.42,"end":2.26,"text":"Geez."},{"start":2.28,"end":2.94,"text":"How bizarre."},{"start":3.06,"end":6.06,"text":"Step in, will you, please?"},{"start":6.08,"end":6.26,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to coordinate a meeting. The President requests the presence of J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., his legal counsel, for an immediate consultation. This directive reflects the ongoing administrative efforts to manage legal affairs during the period of the Watergate investigations.","topics":["J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.","White House operations","legal counsel","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:08:45.864Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-fred-buzhardt-jr","white-house-operations","legal-counsel","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"041-012.mp3","bytes":356352,"durationSec":11.04,"bitrate":258226,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.407Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/041-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/041-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/41/conversation-041-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}