{"conversationCode":"739-002","tapeNumber":739,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-739-002","startDateTime":"1972-06-21T13:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-21T13:10:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Jun-1972","startTime":"9:10 AM","endDate":"21-Jun-1972","endTime":"9:10 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:10 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 739-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 739-2\n\nDate: June 21, 1972\nTime: 9:10 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 25-96]","filename":["739-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:11:43","tapeEnd":"00:17:59","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"739-001","nextCode":"739-003","transcript":[{"start":7.86,"end":8.58,"text":"Well, yeah."},{"start":10.61,"end":12.39,"text":"Yeah, well, let's see."},{"start":12.41,"end":15.95,"text":"It says Louie Welch."},{"start":16.01,"end":17.21,"text":"No, he's the mayor of Houston."},{"start":17.29,"end":19.15,"text":"I'm sorry, but he's in New Orleans."},{"start":20.19,"end":20.87,"text":"Yeah, I'm sorry."},{"start":22.05,"end":23.09,"text":"Mayor of Houston, yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a phone call with Louie Welch, the mayor of Houston. The discussion centered on identifying the mayor's current location, as the operator initially suggested he was in New Orleans. The brief interaction concluded with a clarification of the mayor's status to ensure the call could be properly routed.","topics":["Louie Welch","Houston","White House operator","Telecommunications","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:38:05.453Z"},"topicSlugs":["louie-welch","houston","white-house-operator","telecommunications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"739-002.mp3","bytes":1072897,"durationSec":26.68,"bitrate":321684,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.689Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/739-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/739-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/739/conversation-739-002","catalogNaId":417181507,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417181507","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}