{"conversationCode":"044-131","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":131,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-131","startDateTime":"1973-04-10T20:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-10T20:33:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Apr-1973","startTime":"3:33 PM","endDate":"10-Apr-1973","endTime":"3:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 3:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-131 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. 044-131\n\nDate: April 10, 1973\nTime: 3:33 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 426-37]\n\n       Call to Joe D. Waggonner, Jr.","filename":["044-131.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-130","nextCode":"044-132","transcript":[{"start":2.81,"end":4.69,"text":"Congressman Joe Waggoner, please."},{"start":4.71,"end":4.89,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with Congressman Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. This brief administrative interaction serves as the preliminary step for a planned communication between the President and the Representative. No substantive political or policy discussions occur during this brief exchange.","topics":["Joe D. Waggonner Jr.","Presidential communications","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:56:57.706Z"},"topicSlugs":["joe-d-waggonner-jr","presidential-communications","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-131.mp3","bytes":462848,"durationSec":11.48,"bitrate":322442,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.404Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-131.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-131","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-131","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}