{"conversationCode":"044-101","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":101,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-101","startDateTime":"1973-03-30T18:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-30T18:05:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Mar-1973","startTime":"1:00 PM","endDate":"30-Mar-1973","endTime":"1:05 PM","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 1:00 pm and 1:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-101 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. 044-101\n\nDate: March 30, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:00 pm and 1:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n[See also Conversation No. 890-29]\n\n       Call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["044-101.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-100","nextCode":"044-102","transcript":[{"start":1.15,"end":4.77,"text":"General Haig, please, of the Pentagon."},{"start":4.79,"end":7,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. at the Pentagon. This brief communication served as the logistical initiation of a follow-up conversation between the President and his top aide. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this initial exchange.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","White House operator","Telecommunications","Pentagon"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:54:11.149Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-operator","telecommunications","pentagon"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-101.mp3","bytes":288768,"durationSec":7.12,"bitrate":324554,"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/044-101.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-101","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-101","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}