{"conversationCode":"039-046","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":46,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-046","startDateTime":"1973-06-03T23:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-03T23:30:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jun-1973","startTime":"7:09 PM","endDate":"3-Jun-1973","endTime":"7:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:09 pm and 7:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-046 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. 39-46\n\nDate: June 3, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:09 pm and 7:30 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["039-046.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-045","nextCode":"039-047","transcript":[{"start":0.66,"end":3.73,"text":"General Haig, please."},{"start":3.75,"end":8.03,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with his Chief of Staff, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief communication serves strictly as an administrative request to facilitate a direct telephone conversation between the two men. No substantive policy matters or tactical decisions were discussed during this exchange.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Presidential Communications","White House Operations","Administrative Request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:46:46.675Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","presidential-communications","white-house-operations","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-046.mp3","bytes":413696,"durationSec":12.84,"bitrate":257754,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-046.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-046","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-046","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}