{"conversationCode":"040-045","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":45,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-045","startDateTime":"1973-06-13T02:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-13T02:18:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Jun-1973","startTime":"10:18 PM","endDate":"12-Jun-1973","endTime":"10:18 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On June 12, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 10:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-045 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. 40-45\n\nDate: June 12, 1973\nTime: 10:18 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Telephone call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham\n          -Location\n                -Los Angeles, California","filename":["040-045.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"040-044","nextCode":"040-046","transcript":[{"start":1.13,"end":7.61,"text":"Reverend Graham is staying at the Marina Hotel in Los Angeles, but he's not answering his rooms."},{"start":8.82,"end":9.94,"text":"I see."},{"start":9.96,"end":11.41,"text":"Well, we'll try tomorrow."},{"start":11.55,"end":12.57,"text":"Okay, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to initiate a telephone call to Reverend Billy Graham, who was reportedly staying at a hotel in Los Angeles. The White House operator informed the President that Graham could not be reached at his room, leading to a decision to postpone the outreach until the following day. No further substantive matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Billy Graham","Presidential communications","White House operator","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:00:14.427Z"},"topicSlugs":["billy-graham","presidential-communications","white-house-operator","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-045.mp3","bytes":663552,"durationSec":20.63,"bitrate":257356,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-045.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-045","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-045","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}