{"conversationCode":"045-040","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-040","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T02:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T02:16:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Apr-1973","startTime":"10:12 PM","endDate":"30-Apr-1973","endTime":"10:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:12 pm and 10:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-040 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. 45-40\n\nDate: April 30, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:12 pm and 10:16 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["045-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-039","nextCode":"045-041","transcript":[{"start":2.38,"end":3.54,"text":"Mr. Hardeman, please."},{"start":6.6,"end":7.34,"text":"Mr. Hardeman, please."},{"start":7.5,"end":10.51,"text":"Mr. Hardeman, thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an urgent call to H. R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as a formal request to establish a connection with his Chief of Staff. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific transmission.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:03:49.153Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-040.mp3","bytes":557056,"durationSec":17.31,"bitrate":257498,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.407Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}