{"conversationCode":"045-014","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-014","startDateTime":"1973-04-26T22:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-26T22:56:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Apr-1973","startTime":"5:55 PM","endDate":"26-Apr-1973","endTime":"5:56 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 5:55 pm and 5:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-014 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. 45-14\n\nDate: April 26, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:55 pm and 5:56 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 431-9F]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Henry E. Petersen\n\f                                               -10-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                               Conversation No. 45-15 (cont’d)","filename":["045-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-013","nextCode":"045-015","transcript":[{"start":4.72,"end":7.43,"text":"and please assist an attorney general."},{"start":7.62,"end":10.65,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with Assistant Attorney General Henry E. Petersen. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to establish a telephone connection between the President and Petersen. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Henry E. Petersen","White House operations","Presidential communication","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:01:16.575Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-e-petersen","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-014.mp3","bytes":499712,"durationSec":15.48,"bitrate":258249,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.614Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}