{"conversationCode":"041-020","tapeNumber":41,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-041-020","startDateTime":"1973-06-19T19:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-19T19:08:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jun-1973","startTime":"3:07 PM","endDate":"19-Jun-1973","endTime":"3:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buzhardt, J. Fred, Jr.;","description":"On June 19, 1973, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:07 pm to 3:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-020 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. 41-20\n\nDate: June 19, 1973\nTime: 3:07 pm - 3:08 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.’s schedule\n\nThe President talked with Buzhardt.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 945-6]\n\n     Request for meeting","filename":["041-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Buzhardt, J. Fred, Jr."],"prevCode":"041-019","nextCode":"041-021","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":0.93,"text":"Yeah?"},{"start":1.35,"end":4.95,"text":"Mr. President, I have Mr. Bazaard and he is in his office."},{"start":4.96,"end":5.19,"text":"Oh."},{"start":5.65,"end":6.05,"text":"There you are."},{"start":6.47,"end":7.39,"text":"Okay."},{"start":7.41,"end":8.58,"text":"Oh, you want to drop down, please?"},{"start":8.6,"end":10.56,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. regarding his immediate schedule and availability for a meeting. The brief exchange served to coordinate the President's upcoming activities, resulting in Buzhardt being instructed to come to the Oval Office. This interaction facilitated direct access between the President and his legal counsel during the height of the Watergate-related investigations.","topics":["Presidential Scheduling","J. Fred Buzhardt","White House Operations","Executive Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:09:30.333Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","j-fred-buzhardt","white-house-operations","executive-communication"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"041-020.mp3","bytes":499712,"durationSec":15.51,"bitrate":257804,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/041-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/041-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/41/conversation-041-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}