{"conversationCode":"044-072","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":72,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-072","startDateTime":"1973-03-29T21:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-29T21:53:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Mar-1973","startTime":"4:45 PM","endDate":"29-Mar-1973","endTime":"4:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:45 pm and 4:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-072 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. 044-072\n\nDate: March 29, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:45 pm and 4:53 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 426-7]\n\n       Call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["044-072.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-071","nextCode":"044-073","transcript":[{"start":1.7,"end":4.53,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, please."},{"start":4.73,"end":5.5,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This administrative interaction serves as the preliminary step for a subsequent high-level discussion between the President and his advisor. No substantive policy matters are addressed in this short exchange.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operator","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:51:29.250Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operator","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-072.mp3","bytes":309248,"durationSec":7.62,"bitrate":324492,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.251Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-072.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-072","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-072","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}