{"conversationCode":"040-044","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":44,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-044","startDateTime":"1973-06-13T01:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-13T02:18:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Jun-1973","startTime":"9:56 PM","endDate":"12-Jun-1973","endTime":"10:18 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 9:56 pm and 10:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-044 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. 40-44\n\nDate: June 12, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:56 pm and 10:18 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -William F. (“Billy”) Graham\n                 -Los Angeles, California","filename":["040-044.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-043","nextCode":"040-045","transcript":[{"start":2.23,"end":2.69,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.87,"end":5.64,"text":"I'd like to talk to Mr. Billy Graham."},{"start":5.66,"end":7,"text":"He's in Los Angeles."},{"start":7.73,"end":9.97,"text":"If he's at a dinner or something, don't interrupt him."},{"start":10.02,"end":10.96,"text":"I'll talk to him tomorrow."},{"start":11.3,"end":11.66,"text":"All right."},{"start":11.68,"end":11.98,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to evangelist Billy Graham in Los Angeles. He specified that the operator should avoid interrupting Graham if he was currently attending a dinner or other engagement. The President ultimately decided to postpone the conversation until the following day should Graham be unavailable.","topics":["Billy Graham","White House communications","Scheduling","Presidential correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:00:08.815Z"},"topicSlugs":["billy-graham","white-house-communications","scheduling","presidential-correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-044.mp3","bytes":667648,"durationSec":20.75,"bitrate":257447,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-044.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-044","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-044","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}