{"conversationCode":"021-045","tapeNumber":21,"conversationNumber":45,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-021-045","startDateTime":"1972-03-13T00:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-13T00:46:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Mar-1972","startTime":"7:46 PM","endDate":"12-Mar-1972","endTime":"7:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-045 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 21-45\n\nDate: March 12, 1972\nTime: 7:46 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["021-045.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:27:59","tapeEnd":"01:28:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"021-044","nextCode":"021-046","transcript":[{"start":3.02,"end":3.87,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":3.91,"end":5.08,"text":"Mr. Ehrlichman, please."},{"start":5.21,"end":5.87,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request with the White House operator to be connected with domestic affairs advisor John D. Ehrlichman. The call serves as a routine administrative step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and his senior aide. No further policy or substantive matters are addressed during this brief exchange.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","White House operations","administrative communication","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:08:57.440Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-operations","administrative-communication","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"021-045.mp3","bytes":195604,"durationSec":8.09,"bitrate":193414,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/021-045.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-045","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/021/conversation-021-045","catalogNaId":646310090,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/646310090","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}