{"conversationCode":"866-006","tapeNumber":866,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-866-006","startDateTime":"1973-03-01T15:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-01T15:51:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Mar-1973","startTime":"10:51 AM","endDate":"1-Mar-1973","endTime":"10:51 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:51 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 866-006 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 866-6\n\nDate: March 1, 1973\nTime: 10:51 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\f                                             -17-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 866-4 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 37-15]","filename":["866-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"866-005","nextCode":"866-007","transcript":[{"start":0.51,"end":6.55,"text":"He was driving Mr. William L. White in Emporia, Kansas."},{"start":6.61,"end":10.04,"text":"He's ill, but I think he can talk on the phone."},{"start":10.05,"end":10.39,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":10.46,"end":11.68,"text":"He's over."},{"start":11.74,"end":12.64,"text":"Let's be ready."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to William L. White, who was reportedly ill at his residence in Emporia, Kansas. The brief exchange focused on coordinating the logistics of reaching White despite his poor health. The President confirmed his readiness to speak once the connection was established.","topics":["William L. White","Telephone communication","Logistics","Presidential correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T18:45:04.919Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-l-white","telephone-communication","logistics","presidential-correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"866-006.mp3","bytes":122880,"durationSec":19.15,"bitrate":51342,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:51.025Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/866-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/866-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/866/conversation-866-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}