{"conversationCode":"045-035","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":35,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-035","startDateTime":"1973-04-27T21:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-27T21:31:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Apr-1973","startTime":"4:30 PM","endDate":"27-Apr-1973","endTime":"4:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-035 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. 45-35\n\nDate: April 27, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:30 pm and 4:31 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 906-9]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Henry E. Petersen\n\f                                               -23-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["045-035.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-034","nextCode":"045-036","transcript":[{"start":0.52,"end":3.78,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.8,"end":4.66,"text":"Mr. Peterson, please."},{"start":4.68,"end":7.17,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request to be connected with Assistant Attorney General Henry E. Petersen. The call serves as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with Petersen, who was the lead official overseeing the burgeoning Watergate investigation at the Department of Justice. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Henry E. Petersen","Watergate scandal","Department of Justice","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:03:19.355Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-e-petersen","watergate-scandal","department-of-justice","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-035.mp3","bytes":389120,"durationSec":12.03,"bitrate":258838,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.617Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-035.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-035","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-035","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}