{"conversationCode":"007-044","tapeNumber":7,"conversationNumber":44,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-007-044","startDateTime":"1971-08-02T13:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-02T16:00:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Aug-1971","startTime":"9:45 AM","endDate":"2-Aug-1971","endTime":"12:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 12:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-044 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. 7-44\n\nDate: August 2, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:45 am and 12:00 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 553-6B]\n\n     Carl T. Curtis’ location","filename":["007-044.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:05:46","tapeEnd":"02:05:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"007-043","nextCode":"007-045","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":2.44,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.46,"end":4.5,"text":"Mr. President, I find he's in a finance committee."},{"start":4.52,"end":7.23,"text":"They could have him return the call within five minutes."},{"start":7.61,"end":8.35,"text":"Fine, fine."},{"start":8.37,"end":8.99,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with Senator Carl T. Curtis. After learning that the Senator was currently occupied in a finance committee meeting, the President instructed the operator to ensure a return call was placed within five minutes. This interaction reflects the administrative process used by the President to manage high-priority legislative outreach.","topics":["Carl T. Curtis","White House operations","legislative communication","Senate Finance Committee"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:28:01.222Z"},"topicSlugs":["carl-t-curtis","white-house-operations","legislative-communication","senate-finance-committee"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"007-044.mp3","bytes":217546,"durationSec":9,"bitrate":193455,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.471Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/007-044.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-044","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/7/conversation-007-044","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}