{"conversationCode":"002-044","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":44,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-044","startDateTime":"1971-04-27T00:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-27T00:11:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Apr-1971","startTime":"8:01 PM","endDate":"26-Apr-1971","endTime":"8:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:01 pm and 8:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-044 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. 2-44\n\nDate: April 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:01 pm and 8:11 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     James L. Buckley's location","filename":["002-044.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:32:21","tapeEnd":"01:32:27","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-043","nextCode":"002-045","transcript":[{"start":1.03,"end":1.43,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.75,"end":6.5,"text":"I find that Senator Buckley is at the Sheraton Park Hotel attending a Chamber of Commerce dinner."},{"start":6.6,"end":7.36,"text":"Should I get him there?"},{"start":12.39,"end":13.38,"text":"Yes, you can get him there."},{"start":13.52,"end":15.76,"text":"All right, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to contact Senator James L. Buckley. The operator locates Buckley at a Chamber of Commerce dinner held at the Sheraton Park Hotel. Nixon confirms his desire to reach the Senator at that specific venue.","topics":["James L. Buckley","White House communications","logistics","Senator"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:11:35.443Z"},"topicSlugs":["james-l-buckley","white-house-communications","logistics","senator"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-044.mp3","bytes":174737,"durationSec":15.84,"bitrate":88273,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.569Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-044.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-044","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-044","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}