{"conversationCode":"001-048","tapeNumber":1,"conversationNumber":48,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-001-048","startDateTime":"1971-04-08T22:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-08T22:28:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Apr-1971","startTime":"5:23 PM","endDate":"8-Apr-1971","endTime":"5:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:23 pm and 5:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-048 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. 1-48\n\nDate: April 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:23 pm and 5:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Judge Thomas F. Murphy","filename":["001-048.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:50:43","tapeEnd":"01:51:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"001-047","nextCode":"001-049","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.45,"text":"Okay."},{"start":0.95,"end":1.29,"text":"Please."},{"start":1.35,"end":4.7,"text":"You get me Judge Thomas Murphy in New York City."},{"start":4.78,"end":9.91,"text":"I think he's retired, but he's a district judge, federal district judge."},{"start":9.93,"end":10.75,"text":"And the name was?"},{"start":11.11,"end":11.57,"text":"Thomas."},{"start":11.71,"end":12.08,"text":"Thomas."},{"start":12.1,"end":12.7,"text":"Thomas Murphy."},{"start":12.84,"end":13.58,"text":"Thomas Murphy."},{"start":13.72,"end":14.54,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Judge Thomas F. Murphy in New York City. Nixon sought to clarify the judge's current professional status, noting his recollection that Murphy was a retired federal district judge. The operator confirmed the request and proceeded to facilitate the connection.","topics":["Thomas F. Murphy","Judiciary","White House Operations","Presidential Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T20:55:57.952Z"},"topicSlugs":["thomas-f-murphy","judiciary","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"001-048.mp3","bytes":361115,"durationSec":14.97,"bitrate":192992,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.350Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/001-048.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-048","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/1/conversation-001-048","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}