{"conversationCode":"044-052","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":52,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-052","startDateTime":"1973-03-28T18:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-28T20:57:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Mar-1973","startTime":"1:50 PM","endDate":"28-Mar-1973","endTime":"3:57 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 1:50 pm and 3:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-052 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. 044-052\n\nDate: March 28, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:50 pm and 3:57 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["044-052.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-051","nextCode":"044-053","transcript":[{"start":2.43,"end":4.22,"text":"Please."},{"start":4.24,"end":5.15,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, please."},{"start":5.25,"end":6.57,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. The brief interaction served exclusively as a logistical step to initiate communication between the President and his advisor. No substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this specific segment of the recording.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Presidential communication","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:49:22.341Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-052.mp3","bytes":327680,"durationSec":8.08,"bitrate":324401,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.249Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-052.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-052","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-052","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}