{"conversationCode":"045-001","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-001","startDateTime":"1973-04-26T17:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-26T17:16:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Apr-1973","startTime":"12:11 PM","endDate":"26-Apr-1973","endTime":"12:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 26, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-001 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 45-1\n\nDate: April 26, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:11 pm and 12:16 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 905-13]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Richard G. Kleindienst","filename":["045-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-164","nextCode":"045-002","transcript":[{"start":1.87,"end":5.17,"text":"Attorney General, clean these, please."},{"start":5.19,"end":7.36,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst. This brief administrative interaction serves as the initiation of a communication between the President and his top law enforcement official. The conversation is limited to this specific request for connectivity.","topics":["Richard G. Kleindienst","Communication","White House operations","Attorney General"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:00:03.590Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-g-kleindienst","communication","white-house-operations","attorney-general"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-001.mp3","bytes":393216,"durationSec":12.17,"bitrate":258411,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.407Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}