{"conversationCode":"044-081","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":81,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-081","startDateTime":"1973-03-29T23:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-29T23:25:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Mar-1973","startTime":"6:24 PM","endDate":"29-Mar-1973","endTime":"6:25 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 6:24 pm and 6:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-081 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. 044-081\n\nDate: March 29, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:24 pm and 6:25 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 426-19]\n\n       Call to John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["044-081.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-080","nextCode":"044-082","transcript":[{"start":1.13,"end":2.93,"text":"Yes, Pete."},{"start":3.78,"end":4.89,"text":"Mr. Ehrlichman, please."},{"start":4.95,"end":5.03,"text":"Yes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with domestic affairs advisor John D. Ehrlichman. This brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to initiate a direct line of communication between the President and a key staff member. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this interaction.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","White House communications","administrative logistics","presidential telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:52:18.532Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-communications","administrative-logistics","presidential-telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-081.mp3","bytes":278528,"durationSec":6.86,"bitrate":324949,"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/044-081.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-081","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-081","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}