{"conversationCode":"001-044","tapeNumber":1,"conversationNumber":44,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-001-044","startDateTime":"1971-04-08T04:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-08T04:21:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Apr-1971","startTime":"11:14 PM","endDate":"7-Apr-1971","endTime":"11:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:14 pm and 11:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-044 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 1-44\n\nDate: April 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:14 pm and 11:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Robert C. Byrd","filename":["001-044.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:34:02","tapeEnd":"01:34:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"001-043","nextCode":"001-045","transcript":[{"start":0.07,"end":3.81,"text":"Senator Bird of West Virginia, please."},{"start":3.85,"end":4.47,"text":"Robert Bird."},{"start":4.51,"end":5.1,"text":"Yes, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia through the White House operator. The conversation is strictly logistical, serving as a formal request to connect the President with the Senator. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Robert C. Byrd","White House communication","Legislative outreach"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T20:55:36.064Z"},"topicSlugs":["robert-c-byrd","white-house-communication","legislative-outreach"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"001-044.mp3","bytes":136044,"durationSec":5.58,"bitrate":195112,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.350Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/001-044.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-044","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/1/conversation-001-044","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}