{"conversationCode":"044-089","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":89,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-089","startDateTime":"1973-03-30T02:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-30T02:51:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Mar-1973","startTime":"9:51 PM","endDate":"29-Mar-1973","endTime":"9:51 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 9:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-089 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. 044-089\n\nDate: March 29, 1973\nTime: 9:51 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Meeting with Manolo Sanchez\n\n       Call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["044-089.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-088","nextCode":"044-090","transcript":[{"start":2.73,"end":3.7,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.72,"end":4.64,"text":"Would you ask Mandela?"},{"start":5,"end":6.35,"text":"Our buzzer is out."},{"start":6.37,"end":8.61,"text":"We ask him to come to Lincoln's sitting room, please."},{"start":8.66,"end":9.45,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":9.75,"end":11.48,"text":"And ask Mr. Holloman to call me, please."},{"start":11.5,"end":14.38,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to coordinate administrative logistics after experiencing a malfunctioning buzzer system. He requested that his valet, Manolo Sanchez, be summoned to the Lincoln Sitting Room for a meeting. Additionally, the President issued a directive for H. R. Haldeman to return his phone call.","topics":["White House administration","Manolo Sanchez","H. R. Haldeman","Logistics","Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:53:03.322Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","manolo-sanchez","h-r-haldeman","logistics","communication"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-089.mp3","bytes":577536,"durationSec":14.34,"bitrate":322306,"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/044-089.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-089","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-089","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}