{"conversationCode":"045-002","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-002","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":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On April 26, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon 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 045-002 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. 45-2\n\nDate: April 26, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:11 pm and 12:16 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked to the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 905-14]\n\n     Richard G. Kleindienst’s location","filename":["045-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"045-001","nextCode":"045-003","transcript":[{"start":0.52,"end":1.24,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.26,"end":3.09,"text":"The Attorney General is out of the office."},{"start":3.13,"end":5.66,"text":"They said it'll take a couple of minutes, but he'll call you right back."},{"start":5.68,"end":6.66,"text":"They're getting word to him."},{"start":6.74,"end":7.84,"text":"Fine, thank you."},{"start":7.99,"end":10.09,"text":"You're welcome."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to reach Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst regarding an urgent but unspecified matter. The White House operator informed the President that Kleindienst was currently unavailable and was being contacted to initiate a return call. The brief exchange served solely to facilitate a future communication between the two officials.","topics":["Richard G. Kleindienst","Attorney General","White House communications","Watergate-era administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:00:09.094Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-g-kleindienst","attorney-general","white-house-communications","watergate-era-administration"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-002.mp3","bytes":481280,"durationSec":14.89,"bitrate":258521,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.407Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}