{"conversationCode":"044-077","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":77,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-077","startDateTime":"1973-03-29T22:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-29T22:32:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Mar-1973","startTime":"5:32 PM","endDate":"29-Mar-1973","endTime":"5:32 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 5:32 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-077 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. 044-077\n\nDate: March 29, 1973\nTime: 5:32 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 426-13]\n\n       H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's location","filename":["044-077.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-076","nextCode":"044-078","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":0.84,"text":"Hello."},{"start":0.96,"end":3.23,"text":"Mr. Haldeman's out of his office for just a few minutes."},{"start":3.29,"end":4.3,"text":"May they get him or?"},{"start":4.7,"end":5.22,"text":"No, no."},{"start":5.27,"end":6.27,"text":"He can, no hurry."},{"start":6.59,"end":6.92,"text":"All right."},{"start":6.93,"end":7.76,"text":"When it's convenient."},{"start":7.78,"end":8.2,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to reach H.R. Haldeman via the White House operator to discuss matters related to his Chief of Staff. Upon learning that Haldeman was momentarily away from his office, the President instructed the operator that there was no urgency. He directed that the call be placed whenever it became convenient for Haldeman.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:51:56.238Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-077.mp3","bytes":403456,"durationSec":10,"bitrate":322916,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.404Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.252Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-077.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-077","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-077","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}