{"conversationCode":"044-096","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":96,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-096","startDateTime":"1973-03-30T13:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-30T13:42:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Mar-1973","startTime":"8:32 AM","endDate":"30-Mar-1973","endTime":"8:42 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 8:42 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-096 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. 044-096\n\nDate: March 30, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:32 am and 8:42 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 890-2]\n\n       Call to Patrick J. Buchanan","filename":["044-096.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-095","nextCode":"044-097","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":2.8,"text":"Please."},{"start":2.82,"end":3.39,"text":"Buchanan."},{"start":3.71,"end":5.5,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection to aide Patrick J. Buchanan. The brief exchange served exclusively as a logistical step to initiate a follow-up conversation between the President and his staff member. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this initial operator interaction.","topics":["Patrick J. Buchanan","White House operations","Internal communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:53:43.975Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-j-buchanan","white-house-operations","internal-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-096.mp3","bytes":231424,"durationSec":5.69,"bitrate":325173,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.254Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-096.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-096","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-096","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}