{"conversationCode":"045-026","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-026","startDateTime":"1973-04-27T00:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-27T00:44:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Apr-1973","startTime":"7:14 PM","endDate":"26-Apr-1973","endTime":"7:44 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 7:14 pm and 7:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-026 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. 45-26\n\nDate: April 26, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:14 pm and 7:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See also Conversation 431-9Q]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Richard G. Kleindienst","filename":["045-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-025","nextCode":"045-027","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":2.82,"text":"Yeah, okay."},{"start":2.85,"end":3.37,"text":"20's please."},{"start":3.43,"end":5.72,"text":"Yes sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst. This brief communication served solely as a logistical request to initiate contact with the Attorney General. No further substantive discussion occurred during this specific interaction.","topics":["Richard G. Kleindienst","Telephone logistics","Communication","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:02:27.844Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-g-kleindienst","telephone-logistics","communication","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-026.mp3","bytes":339968,"durationSec":10.53,"bitrate":258203,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}