{"conversationCode":"044-159","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":159,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-159","startDateTime":"1973-04-14T02:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-14T02:09:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Apr-1973","startTime":"9:04 PM","endDate":"13-Apr-1973","endTime":"9:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:04 pm and 9:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-159 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. 044-159\n\nDate: April 13, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:04 am and 9:09 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 895-6]\n\n       Call to William E. Timmons","filename":["044-159.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-158","nextCode":"044-160","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.79,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.93,"end":4.84,"text":"Cummins, please."},{"start":4.9,"end":7.19,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to William E. Timmons, his Assistant for Legislative Affairs. The brief interaction served solely to facilitate this communication with a key member of the administration's congressional liaison staff. No further discussion or substantive policy decisions occurred during the exchange.","topics":["William E. Timmons","White House operations","Legislative affairs","Telephone communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:59:30.859Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-e-timmons","white-house-operations","legislative-affairs","telephone-communication"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-159.mp3","bytes":294912,"durationSec":7.25,"bitrate":325240,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.404Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.260Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-159.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-159","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-159","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}