{"conversationCode":"044-044","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":44,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-044","startDateTime":"1973-03-28T17:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-28T17:34:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Mar-1973","startTime":"12:30 PM","endDate":"28-Mar-1973","endTime":"12:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-044 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 044-044\n\nDate: March 28, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:30 pm and 12:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 425-6]\n\n       Call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["044-044.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-043","nextCode":"044-045","transcript":[{"start":0.12,"end":3.51,"text":"Steve."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon placed a brief telephone call to the White House operator requesting to be connected with his aide, Stephen B. Bull. This exchange served solely as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with a staff member. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","administrative communication","staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:48:22.690Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","administrative-communication","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-044.mp3","bytes":270336,"durationSec":6.64,"bitrate":325924,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.404Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-044.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-044","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-044","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}