{"conversationCode":"042-047","tapeNumber":42,"conversationNumber":47,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-042-047","startDateTime":"1971-04-15T20:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-15T21:31:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Apr-1971","startTime":"3:48 PM","endDate":"15-Apr-1971","endTime":"4:31 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 3:48 pm and 4:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-047 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. 42-47\n\nDate: April 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:48 pm and 4:31 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 249-17]\n\n     Call to Patrick J. Buchanan","filename":["042-047.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:54:55","tapeEnd":"00:55:02","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"042-046","nextCode":"042-048","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.08,"text":"The Buchanan, please."},{"start":2.24,"end":2.95,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with aide Patrick J. Buchanan. The brief exchange serves as a logistical coordination to establish communication between the President and his advisor. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this short administrative segment.","topics":["Patrick J. Buchanan","White House communications","Presidential staff","administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:18:25.456Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-j-buchanan","white-house-communications","presidential-staff","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"042-047.mp3","bytes":49152,"durationSec":3.81,"bitrate":103150,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/042-047.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-047","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/42/conversation-042-047","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}