{"conversationCode":"044-105","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":105,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-105","startDateTime":"1973-04-09T00:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-09T01:14:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Apr-1973","startTime":"7:37 PM","endDate":"8-Apr-1973","endTime":"8:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:37 pm and 8:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-105 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. 044-105\n\nDate: April 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:37 pm and 8:14 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham","filename":["044-105.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-104","nextCode":"044-106","transcript":[{"start":3.02,"end":5.11,"text":"Dr. Billy Graham, I think, called me."},{"start":5.17,"end":6.16,"text":"If you could get in, please."},{"start":6.22,"end":7.22,"text":"Yes, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructs the White House operator to place a telephone call to evangelist Billy Graham. This brief administrative interaction serves as the preliminary step for the President to initiate contact with his prominent religious advisor. No further substantive discussion occurs during this exchange beyond the request to facilitate the connection.","topics":["Billy Graham","White House communications","Presidential outreach","Religious advisors"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:54:34.036Z"},"topicSlugs":["billy-graham","white-house-communications","presidential-outreach","religious-advisors"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-105.mp3","bytes":380928,"durationSec":9.43,"bitrate":323192,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.255Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-105.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-105","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-105","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}