{"conversationCode":"044-127","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":127,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-127","startDateTime":"1973-04-10T19:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-10T20:25:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Apr-1973","startTime":"2:11 PM","endDate":"10-Apr-1973","endTime":"3:25 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 2:11 pm and 3:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-127 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. 044-127\n\nDate: April 10, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:11 pm and 3:25 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 426-33]\n\n       Call to Gerald R. Ford\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["044-127.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-126","nextCode":"044-128","transcript":[{"start":0.08,"end":3.49,"text":"Congressman Ford now, please."},{"start":3.59,"end":4.13,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman Gerald R. Ford. This brief exchange served solely as a logistical request to connect the President with Ford for further communication. No substantive political discussion occurred during this interaction.","topics":["Gerald R. Ford","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:56:35.463Z"},"topicSlugs":["gerald-r-ford","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-127.mp3","bytes":258048,"durationSec":6.36,"bitrate":324663,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.404Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.257Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-127.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-127","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-127","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}