{"conversationCode":"004-044","tapeNumber":4,"conversationNumber":44,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-004-044","startDateTime":"1971-06-05T00:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-05T00:56:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1971","startTime":"8:27 PM","endDate":"4-Jun-1971","endTime":"8:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:27 pm and 8:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-044 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. 4-44\n\nDate: June 4, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:27 pm and 8:56 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     President asked to speak with Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["004-044.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:12:34","tapeEnd":"02:12:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"004-043","nextCode":"004-045","transcript":[{"start":3.71,"end":4.81,"text":"Dr. Kissinger please."},{"start":4.87,"end":5.97,"text":"Thank you sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone call through the White House operator to request a conversation with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This interaction served solely as a logistical bridge to connect the President with his primary foreign policy advisor. No substantive policy discussions took place during this brief operator-assisted exchange.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communications","presidential scheduling","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:44:09.977Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"004-044.mp3","bytes":84060,"durationSec":6.92,"bitrate":97175,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.077Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/004-044.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-044","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/4/conversation-004-044","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}