{"conversationCode":"042-044","tapeNumber":42,"conversationNumber":44,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-042-044","startDateTime":"1971-04-15T20:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-15T20:44:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Apr-1971","startTime":"3:16 PM","endDate":"15-Apr-1971","endTime":"3:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 3:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-044 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 42-44\n\nDate: April 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:16 pm and 3:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 249-11]\n\n     Call to Robert H. Finch","filename":["042-044.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:52:21","tapeEnd":"00:52:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"042-043","nextCode":"042-045","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.78,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with Robert H. Finch. This brief administrative interaction serves as the precursor to a subsequent discussion between the President and his Counselor. No substantive policy matters are addressed during this specific segment of the telephone recording.","topics":["Robert H. Finch","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:18:08.467Z"},"topicSlugs":["robert-h-finch","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"042-044.mp3","bytes":61440,"durationSec":4.66,"bitrate":105374,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/042-044.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-044","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/42/conversation-042-044","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}