{"conversationCode":"026-045","tapeNumber":26,"conversationNumber":45,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-026-045","startDateTime":"1972-06-30T16:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-30T19:24:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jun-1972","startTime":"12:55 PM","endDate":"30-Jun-1972","endTime":"3:24 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 3:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-045 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. 26-45\n\nDate: June 30, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:55 and 3:24 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 744-23]\n\n     Request for a call to Caspar W. Weinberger","filename":["026-045-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:16:16","tapeEnd":"02:16:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"026-044","nextCode":"026-046","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Caspar W. Weinberger, who was then serving as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. This brief exchange served exclusively as a logistical administrative step to initiate an official consultation. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this interaction.","topics":["Caspar Weinberger","White House operations","Presidential communication","Office of Management and Budget"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:19:02.115Z"},"topicSlugs":["caspar-weinberger","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","office-of-management-and-budget"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"026-045-splice.mp3","bytes":191865,"durationSec":11.99,"bitrate":128014,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:15.046Z","originalFilename":["026a.mp3","026b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["026b.mp3"],"cutStart":8332.5,"cutEnd":8344.5,"adjustedStart":8332.5,"adjustedEnd":8344.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:15.046Z"},"transcript":[{"start":8333.87,"end":8336.52,"text":"Could you get me Casper Weinberger, please?"},{"start":8336.54,"end":8337.4,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":8337.6,"end":8342.63,"text":"Mr. Weinberger, sir?"},{"start":8342.77,"end":8343.17,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":8334,"end":8343,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:39.091Z","transcriptPrev":{"segments":4,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T08:54:54.172Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/026-045-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-045","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/26/conversation-026-045","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}