{"conversationCode":"045-016","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-016","startDateTime":"1973-04-26T23:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-26T23:20:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Apr-1973","startTime":"6:17 PM","endDate":"26-Apr-1973","endTime":"6:20 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 6:17 pm and 6:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-016 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. 45-16\n\nDate: April 26, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:17 pm and 6:20 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked to the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 431-9H]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Richard G. Kleindienst","filename":["045-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-015","nextCode":"045-017","transcript":[{"start":3.12,"end":5.25,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate a direct line of communication with the Attorney General. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Richard G. Kleindienst","White House communications","Telephone logistics","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:01:30.261Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-g-kleindienst","white-house-communications","telephone-logistics","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-016.mp3","bytes":325632,"durationSec":10.08,"bitrate":258438,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}