{"conversationCode":"040-118","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":118,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-118","startDateTime":"1973-06-14T22:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-14T22:03:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Jun-1973","startTime":"6:03 PM","endDate":"14-Jun-1973","endTime":"6:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-118 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. 40-118\n\nDate: June 14, 1973\nTime: 6:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 446-9]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["040-118.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-117","nextCode":"040-119","transcript":[{"start":3.08,"end":3.98,"text":"Please."},{"start":4,"end":5.19,"text":"Mrs. Nixon, please."},{"start":5.21,"end":5.45,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served as a routine administrative request to reach the First Lady. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this exchange.","topics":["Pat Nixon","White House communication","Internal administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:07:10.083Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","white-house-communication","internal-administration"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-118.mp3","bytes":595968,"durationSec":18.55,"bitrate":257067,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-118.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-118","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-118","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}