{"conversationCode":"044-144","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":144,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-144","startDateTime":"1973-04-11T17:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-11T17:34:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Apr-1973","startTime":"12:29 PM","endDate":"11-Apr-1973","endTime":"12:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ford, Gerald R.;","description":"On April 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-144 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. 044-144\n\nDate: April 11, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:29 pm and 12:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Gerald R. Ford.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 893-15]\n\n       Call to Gerald R. Ford","filename":["044-144.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ford, Gerald R."],"prevCode":"044-143","nextCode":"044-145","transcript":[{"start":2.23,"end":3.76,"text":"Congressman Ford, please."},{"start":3.94,"end":5.74,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated this brief telephone call to Congressman Gerald R. Ford for reasons that remain undocumented due to the lack of an available transcript. The conversation reflects the ongoing political consultation between the President and the House Minority Leader during a period of escalating tensions related to the Watergate scandal. No specific policy developments or concrete action items are verifiable from the existing record of this exchange.","topics":["Gerald R. Ford","Congressional relations","Watergate","Executive-Legislative communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:58:09.085Z"},"topicSlugs":["gerald-r-ford","congressional-relations","watergate","executive-legislative-communication"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-144.mp3","bytes":239616,"durationSec":5.87,"bitrate":326737,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.404Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.259Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-144.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-144","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-144","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}