{"conversationCode":"040-023","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-023","startDateTime":"1973-06-12T13:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-12T13:18:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Jun-1973","startTime":"9:18 AM","endDate":"12-Jun-1973","endTime":"9:18 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:18 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-023 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. 40-23\n\nDate: June 12, 1973\nTime: 9:18 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 937-4]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Bryce N. Harlow","filename":["040-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-022","nextCode":"040-024","transcript":[{"start":3.12,"end":4.83,"text":"Could you give me Bryce Harlow, please?"},{"start":5.21,"end":5.52,"text":"Yes, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to Bryce N. Harlow. This interaction serves as a logistical administrative step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and his advisor. No substantive policy discussions occur during this brief exchange.","topics":["Bryce N. Harlow","Presidential communication","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:58:11.244Z"},"topicSlugs":["bryce-n-harlow","presidential-communication","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-023.mp3","bytes":376832,"durationSec":11.64,"bitrate":258991,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/040/conversation-040-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}