{"conversationCode":"044-083","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":83,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-083","startDateTime":"1973-03-29T23:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-29T23:30:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Mar-1973","startTime":"6:26 PM","endDate":"29-Mar-1973","endTime":"6:30 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 6:26 pm and 6:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-083 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. 044-083\n\nDate: March 29, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:26 pm and 6:30 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 426-21]\n\n       Call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["044-083.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-082","nextCode":"044-084","transcript":[{"start":2.04,"end":2.62,"text":"Boop."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request through the White House operator to be connected with his aide, Stephen B. Bull. The interaction serves as a functional bridge to facilitate executive communication. No substantive policy matters or political strategy were discussed during this connection attempt.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","Presidential communication","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:52:30.102Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","presidential-communication","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-083.mp3","bytes":225280,"durationSec":5.52,"bitrate":326252,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.252Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-083.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-083","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-083","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}