{"conversationCode":"004-045","tapeNumber":4,"conversationNumber":45,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-004-045","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 004-045 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. 4-45\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 John D. Ehrlichman\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger location","filename":["004-045.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:12:41","tapeEnd":"02:12:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"004-044","nextCode":"004-046","transcript":[{"start":1.58,"end":2.2,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.29,"end":3.03,"text":"Mr. Ehrlichman, please."},{"start":3.49,"end":4.09,"text":"Mr. Ehrlichman?"},{"start":4.11,"end":4.31,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4.51,"end":7.32,"text":"Mr. President, Dr. Kissinger, I have a number where he's supposed to be."},{"start":7.34,"end":8.44,"text":"Should I go ahead and try to get him?"},{"start":9.98,"end":10.36,"text":"He's out."},{"start":11.09,"end":12.79,"text":"Well, if it's convenient, yes."},{"start":12.83,"end":14.83,"text":"I'll try, sir, and I'll get Mr. Ehrlichman for you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate urgent communications with his senior staff. He requested that the operator connect him with John D. Ehrlichman while also inquiring about the current whereabouts of Henry A. Kissinger. The operator confirmed these requests and initiated the process to locate both individuals for the President.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","Henry A. Kissinger","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:44:15.862Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","henry-a-kissinger","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"004-045.mp3","bytes":187778,"durationSec":15.22,"bitrate":98670,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/004-045.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-045","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/4/conversation-004-045","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}