{"conversationCode":"585-006","tapeNumber":585,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-585-006","startDateTime":"1971-10-05T19:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-05T19:59:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Oct-1971","startTime":"3:55 PM","endDate":"5-Oct-1971","endTime":"3:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 3:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 585-006 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 585-6\n\nDate: October 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:55 pm and 3:59 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 10-41]","filename":["585-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:53:14","tapeEnd":"00:54:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"585-005","nextCode":"585-007","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.6,"text":"Try to get out of the way, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The President directs the operator to clear the line and connect him to another party. This exchange reflects the administrative routine of coordinating presidential communications via the switchboard.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential communications","Telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:13:26.684Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-communications","telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"585-006.mp3","bytes":154432,"durationSec":3.72,"bitrate":331945,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/585-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/585-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/585/conversation-585-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}