{"conversationCode":"039-013","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-013","startDateTime":"1973-05-25T04:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-25T04:57:00.000Z","startDate":"25-May-1973","startTime":"12:17 AM","endDate":"25-May-1973","endTime":"12:57 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Cox, Tricia Nixon; White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On May 25, 1973, Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:17 am and 12:57 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-013 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 39-13\n\nDate: May 25, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:17 am and 12:57 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nTricia Nixon Cox talked with the White House operator. The President can be heard in the\nbackground.\n\n       Request for telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr. for President","filename":["039-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Cox, Tricia Nixon","White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"039-012","nextCode":"039-014","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":1.39,"text":"a question."},{"start":2.01,"end":2.49,"text":"You're right."},{"start":5.3,"end":7.72,"text":"Yes, my father would like to speak with General Haig, please."},{"start":7.74,"end":9.27,"text":"General Haig, one moment."},{"start":9.35,"end":13.1,"text":"Right, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Tricia Nixon Cox contacts a White House operator to facilitate an urgent request from President Richard M. Nixon to speak with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief communication serves primarily to connect the President with his Chief of Staff during the late-night hours. The interaction highlights the administrative process utilized by the President to secure immediate consultations with key advisors.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House operations","Presidential communication","Tricia Nixon Cox","administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:43:37.697Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-haig","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","tricia-nixon-cox","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-013.mp3","bytes":595968,"durationSec":18.51,"bitrate":257623,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/039/conversation-039-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}