{"conversationCode":"045-050","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":50,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-050","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T02:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T02:42:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Apr-1973","startTime":"10:41 PM","endDate":"30-Apr-1973","endTime":"10:42 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Cox, Tricia Nixon; Moorer, Thomas H. (Adm.);","description":"On April 30, 1973, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer talked on the telephone from 10:41 pm to 10:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-050 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. 45-50\n\nDate: April 30, 1973\nTime: 10:41 pm - 10:42 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.\n\n     Telephone call from Adm. Thomas H. Moorer\n\nMoorer talked with the President.\n\n     Watergate\n          -President’s speech\n\f                                              -35-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                               Conversation No. 45-50 (cont’d)\n\n                 -President’s courage\n                 -Elliot L. Richardson\n                       -Attorney General\n                       -Replacement at Department of Defense\n                              -Possible appointee\n                                    -California\n           -President’s relationship with Moorer\n                 -Moorer’s wife","filename":["045-050.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Cox, Tricia Nixon","Moorer, Thomas H. (Adm.)"],"prevCode":"045-049","nextCode":"045-051","transcript":[{"start":0.76,"end":28.4,"text":"I just wanted to tell you once more how much I admire your courage and what a great statement I thought you made tonight."},{"start":28.84,"end":34.35,"text":"I want to tell you how much I admire the man that you have selected for attorney general."},{"start":34.37,"end":38,"text":"It's a great loss for us, but hey, Richardson is really the salt of the earth."},{"start":38.44,"end":41.3,"text":"We'll get you good men in this place."},{"start":41.47,"end":47.74,"text":"Probably, if you don't mind, Tom, I think we ought to get"},{"start":49.44,"end":51.7,"text":"Our friend from California back, you know?"},{"start":52.41,"end":52.83,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":52.85,"end":54.57,"text":"I wish we could, and I'm working."},{"start":55.01,"end":55.11,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":55.13,"end":55.39,"text":"Right."},{"start":55.95,"end":56.53,"text":"Okay, bye."},{"start":56.93,"end":59.32,"text":"Okay, I just... Well, how good of you to call."},{"start":59.34,"end":61.92,"text":"I just wanted to know I'm all behind you."},{"start":61.94,"end":62.62,"text":"Look, I know that."},{"start":62.84,"end":63.38,"text":"I know that."},{"start":63.5,"end":64.06,"text":"I know that."},{"start":64.58,"end":64.98,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":65.2,"end":69.45,"text":"We love you and your wife, and tell her that I love her, will you?"},{"start":69.47,"end":70.15,"text":"I sure will."},{"start":70.19,"end":70.71,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":70.75,"end":71.39,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":71.42,"end":73.66,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":74.86,"end":76.6,"text":"Good morning."},{"start":76.62,"end":76.88,"text":"Good morning."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Admiral Thomas H. Moorer called President Nixon to express support following the President's televised address regarding the Watergate scandal. The two discussed the appointment of Elliot Richardson as the new Attorney General and the subsequent vacancy within the Department of Defense. Nixon signaled his intention to recruit a successor from California to fill the leadership gap created by Richardson's move.","topics":["Watergate","Elliot L. Richardson","Department of Defense","Presidential appointments","Thomas H. Moorer"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:04:47.243Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","elliot-l-richardson","department-of-defense","presidential-appointments","thomas-h-moorer"],"audioDurationSec":82,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-050.mp3","bytes":2619392,"durationSec":81.75,"bitrate":256342,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-050.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-050","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-050","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}