{"conversationCode":"044-138","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":138,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-138","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 044-138 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. 044-138\n\nDate: April 10, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:45 pm and 5:59 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n       William F. (“Billy”) Graham's location","filename":["044-138.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-137","nextCode":"044-139","transcript":[{"start":0.74,"end":1.36,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.38,"end":2.83,"text":"Yes, they thought he was going to be in there."},{"start":2.85,"end":4.18,"text":"It looks more like 6 o'clock."},{"start":4.2,"end":5.05,"text":"May I leave word again?"},{"start":5.07,"end":6.55,"text":"All right."},{"start":6.58,"end":6.9,"text":"6 is fine."},{"start":6.92,"end":8.19,"text":"Okay, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon coordinated with a White House operator to determine the current whereabouts and availability of Reverend Billy Graham. The discussion focused on establishing a specific time to reach Graham for a phone call, ultimately settling on 6:00 p.m. No major policy decisions were made during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Billy Graham","Scheduling","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:57:36.821Z"},"topicSlugs":["billy-graham","scheduling","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-138.mp3","bytes":364544,"durationSec":9.03,"bitrate":323003,"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/044-138.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-138","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-138","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}