{"conversationCode":"003-046","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":46,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-046","startDateTime":"1971-05-13T19:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-13T19:46:00.000Z","startDate":"13-May-1971","startTime":"3:46 PM","endDate":"13-May-1971","endTime":"3:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On May 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone at 3:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-046 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. 003-046\n\nDate: May 13, 1971\nTime: 3:46 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 498-015B]\n\nThe President conferred with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     A title\n[End of conferral]\n\n     Call to William M. Magruder\n           -Magruder's location\n\n     Magruder's call from Tod R. Hullin\n\n     President's forthcoming talk with Hullin\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["003-046.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:56:01","tapeEnd":"00:56:33","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"003-045","nextCode":"003-047","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.28,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.3,"end":7.28,"text":"Would you get me Mr. Bill Magruder in the Department of Transportation, please?"},{"start":7.7,"end":9.75,"text":"Sir, I'm getting him to the phone."},{"start":9.77,"end":12.79,"text":"He's down in St. Croix, Virgin Islands."},{"start":12.87,"end":14.29,"text":"Did you want to talk with him also?"},{"start":14.31,"end":16.26,"text":"Oh, he's down at the Virgin Islands."},{"start":16.28,"end":17,"text":"Yes."},{"start":17.14,"end":17.84,"text":"Bill Magruder."},{"start":18.06,"end":18.5,"text":"I see."},{"start":19.26,"end":24.35,"text":"I have him up talking to Mr. Todd Holland now."},{"start":24.6,"end":25.25,"text":"I see."},{"start":25.27,"end":25.65,"text":"Fine."},{"start":25.81,"end":26.63,"text":"No, no, no."},{"start":27,"end":27.4,"text":"Let it go."},{"start":27.54,"end":29.73,"text":"I'll get the word from Helen."},{"start":30.26,"end":30.5,"text":"All right."},{"start":30.52,"end":31,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with H.R. Haldeman to arrange a telephone call with William M. Magruder regarding his current activities. Upon learning that Magruder was located in the Virgin Islands and already engaged in a separate discussion with Tod R. Hullin, Nixon decided to cancel the request. He ultimately opted to receive a briefing on the situation through his secretary instead of interrupting the ongoing call.","topics":["William M. Magruder","Tod R. Hullin","Communications","Scheduling","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:24:48.082Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-m-magruder","tod-r-hullin","communications","scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-046.mp3","bytes":387659,"durationSec":31.17,"bitrate":99509,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.596Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-046.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-046","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-046","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}