{"conversationCode":"044-125","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":125,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-125","startDateTime":"1973-04-10T19:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-10T19:11:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Apr-1973","startTime":"2:10 PM","endDate":"10-Apr-1973","endTime":"2:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 2:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-125 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. 044-125\n\nDate: March 10, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:10 pm and 2:11 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 426-31]\n\n       Call to Gerald R. Ford","filename":["044-125.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-124","nextCode":"044-126","transcript":[{"start":3.1,"end":4.27,"text":"Congressman Ford, please."},{"start":5.05,"end":5.98,"text":"Congressman Ford?"},{"start":6,"end":6.72,"text":"Jerry Ford, yes."},{"start":6.95,"end":7.61,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman Gerald R. Ford. This brief administrative interaction serves as the logistical initiation of contact between the President and the future Vice President. No substantive policy discussions occur during this short exchange, as it is limited to the mechanics of connecting the line.","topics":["Gerald R. Ford","White House communications","Presidential correspondence","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:56:24.529Z"},"topicSlugs":["gerald-r-ford","white-house-communications","presidential-correspondence","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-125.mp3","bytes":350208,"durationSec":8.66,"bitrate":323471,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.404Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-125.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-125","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-125","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}