{"conversationCode":"040-053","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":53,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-053","startDateTime":"1973-06-13T03:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-13T03:38:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Jun-1973","startTime":"11:37 PM","endDate":"12-Jun-1973","endTime":"11:38 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 11:37 pm and 11:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-053 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. 40-53\n\nDate: June 12, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:37 pm and 11:38 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["040-053.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-052","nextCode":"040-054","transcript":[{"start":5.62,"end":7.27,"text":"Mr. Hague, please."},{"start":7.5,"end":8.71,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The primary purpose of the exchange was to facilitate this connection, which was necessary for late-night executive communication. No further substantive dialogue occurred during this specific interaction.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House operations","Executive communication","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:01:00.307Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-operations","executive-communication","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-053.mp3","bytes":471040,"durationSec":14.6,"bitrate":258104,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-053.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-053","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-053","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}