{"conversationCode":"044-116","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":116,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-116","startDateTime":"1973-04-10T01:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-10T01:21:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Apr-1973","startTime":"8:07 PM","endDate":"9-Apr-1973","endTime":"8:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:07 pm and 8:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-116 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. 044-116\n\nDate: April 9, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:07 pm and 8:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Call to John D. Ehrlichman\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["044-116.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-115","nextCode":"044-117","transcript":[{"start":0.98,"end":5.86,"text":"You try Mr. Ehrlichman, please."},{"start":5.88,"end":6.06,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with his Assistant for Domestic Affairs, John D. Ehrlichman. The brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and a key advisor. No substantive policy discussions occur during this short administrative interaction.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administration management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:55:34.152Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administration-management"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-116.mp3","bytes":329728,"durationSec":8.1,"bitrate":325588,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.404Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.256Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-116.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-116","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-116","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}