{"conversationCode":"044-137","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":137,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-137","startDateTime":"1973-04-10T21:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-10T22:59:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Apr-1973","startTime":"4:45 PM","endDate":"10-Apr-1973","endTime":"5:59 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 4:45 pm and 5:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-137 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. 044-137\n\nDate: April 10, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:45 pm and 5:59 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham","filename":["044-137.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-136","nextCode":"044-138","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":5.25,"text":"You can try that call to Dr. Graham again now if you want."},{"start":5.36,"end":5.78,"text":"I will."},{"start":5.8,"end":6.48,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructs the White House operator to place a follow-up telephone call to evangelist Billy Graham. The exchange serves as a brief administrative coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and Graham. No substantive policy discussions occur during this short interaction, as it is limited to the mechanics of connecting the call.","topics":["Billy Graham","Presidential communications","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:57:31.259Z"},"topicSlugs":["billy-graham","presidential-communications","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-137.mp3","bytes":354304,"durationSec":8.73,"bitrate":324850,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.404Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.258Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-137.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-137","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-137","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}