{"conversationCode":"042-045","tapeNumber":42,"conversationNumber":45,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-042-045","startDateTime":"1971-04-15T20:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-15T20:44:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Apr-1971","startTime":"3:44 PM","endDate":"15-Apr-1971","endTime":"3:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 3:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-045 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. 42-45\n\nDate: April 15, 1971\n\nTime: 3:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 249-12]\n\n     Robert H. Finch's location\n\n     Call to Donald H. Rumsfeld","filename":["042-045.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:52:28","tapeEnd":"00:52:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"042-044","nextCode":"042-046","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.86,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Finch just left for New York."},{"start":2.88,"end":4.29,"text":"He won't be back till midnight."},{"start":4.45,"end":5.9,"text":"He'll be back in the office in the morning."},{"start":6,"end":8.71,"text":"Anyone else help you?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to determine the whereabouts of Robert H. Finch. The operator informed the President that Finch had departed for New York and would not return until the following morning. Nixon inquired if any other staff could assist him in Finch's absence.","topics":["Robert H. Finch","White House operations","Staff coordination","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:18:13.878Z"},"topicSlugs":["robert-h-finch","white-house-operations","staff-coordination","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"042-045.mp3","bytes":126976,"durationSec":9.88,"bitrate":102782,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/042-045.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-045","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/42/conversation-042-045","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}