{"conversationCode":"002-048","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":48,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-048","startDateTime":"1971-04-27T21:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-27T21:24:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Apr-1971","startTime":"5:13 PM","endDate":"27-Apr-1971","endTime":"5:24 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:13 pm and 5:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-048 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. 2-48\n\nDate: April 27, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:13 pm and 5:24 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 488-24B]\n\n     Call to John D. Ehrlichman\n                                                                                               Back to Top\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["002-048.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:34:41","tapeEnd":"01:34:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-047","nextCode":"002-049","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":2.35,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.41,"end":3.11,"text":"Ehrlichman, please."},{"start":3.13,"end":4.3,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a routine administrative request through the White House operator to be connected with domestic affairs advisor John D. Ehrlichman. The brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate a direct discussion between the President and a key staff member. No policy matters or substantive decisions are addressed during this short request for assistance.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","White House operations","Administrative requests","Communication logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:11:56.956Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-operations","administrative-requests","communication-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-048.mp3","bytes":50822,"durationSec":4.71,"bitrate":86332,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.569Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:32.963Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-048.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-048","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-048","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}