{"conversationCode":"044-059","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":59,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-059","startDateTime":"1973-03-29T00:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-29T00:55:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Mar-1973","startTime":"7:38 PM","endDate":"28-Mar-1973","endTime":"7:55 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 7:38 pm and 7:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-059 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. 044-059\n\nDate: March 28, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:38 pm and 7:55 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 425-24]\n\n       Call to John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["044-059.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-058","nextCode":"044-060","transcript":[{"start":2.09,"end":3.71,"text":"Mr. Ehrlichman please."},{"start":3.73,"end":3.93,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with domestic affairs advisor John D. Ehrlichman. The brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and Ehrlichman. No substantive policy matters are addressed in this short administrative segment.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:50:16.292Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-059.mp3","bytes":245760,"durationSec":6.06,"bitrate":324555,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.404Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-059.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-059","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-059","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}