{"conversationCode":"044-087","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":87,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-087","startDateTime":"1973-03-30T02:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-30T02:49:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Mar-1973","startTime":"9:41 PM","endDate":"29-Mar-1973","endTime":"9:49 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 9:41 pm and 9:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-087 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. 044-087\n\nDate: March 29, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:41 pm and 9:49 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Incoming calls\n\n       Call from Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo","filename":["044-087.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-086","nextCode":"044-088","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":3.11,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.13,"end":5.39,"text":"Mr., you could put any calls through."},{"start":5.55,"end":7.29,"text":"I'm here in the Lincoln room now that I get."},{"start":8.06,"end":10.48,"text":"And I'll take them if any calls come in."},{"start":11.1,"end":11.28,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":11.3,"end":14.07,"text":"And I'd like Mr. Rebozo now, please."},{"start":14.51,"end":15.39,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to begin routing incoming calls to him in the Lincoln Sitting Room. He specifically requested that the operator connect a call from his close friend and confidant, Charles “Bebe” Rebozo. This brief administrative interaction facilitated the President's transition to private quarters while maintaining direct access to his inner circle.","topics":["White House operations","Charles G. Rebozo","Presidential communications","Lincoln Sitting Room"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:52:52.239Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","charles-g-rebozo","presidential-communications","lincoln-sitting-room"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-087.mp3","bytes":677888,"durationSec":16.84,"bitrate":322076,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.404Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.253Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-087.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-087","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-087","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}