{"conversationCode":"045-052","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":52,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-052","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T02:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T02:48:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Apr-1973","startTime":"10:45 PM","endDate":"30-Apr-1973","endTime":"10:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Cox, Tricia Nixon; White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On April 30, 1973, Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:45 pm and 10:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-052 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. 45-52\n\nDate: April 30, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:45 pm and 10:48 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nTricia Nixon Cox conferred with the President.\n\n[Begin conferral]\n\n     Telephone call to the President\n\n[End conferral]\n\nTricia Cox talked with the White House operator. The President can be heard in the background.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Ronald W. Reagan","filename":["045-052.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Cox, Tricia Nixon","White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"045-051","nextCode":"045-053","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":1.75,"text":"Did he call me?"},{"start":1.83,"end":4.62,"text":"Yes, he has."},{"start":4.64,"end":5.6,"text":"Hello, this is Patricia."},{"start":5.99,"end":7.95,"text":"My father would like to speak with Governor Reagan."},{"start":8.21,"end":9.35,"text":"All right, thank you."},{"start":9.6,"end":10.66,"text":"Returning his call."},{"start":10.68,"end":11.98,"text":"Returning his call."},{"start":12,"end":13.69,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Tricia Nixon Cox coordinates with the White House operator to facilitate a return telephone call from President Nixon to Governor Ronald Reagan. The brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to connect the two political figures following Reagan's earlier attempt to reach the President. This interaction highlights the administrative process involved in managing the President’s high-level communications during a period of significant political pressure.","topics":["Ronald Reagan","Presidential communication","Tricia Nixon Cox","White House operations","political coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:05:00.075Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-reagan","presidential-communication","tricia-nixon-cox","white-house-operations","political-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-052.mp3","bytes":634880,"durationSec":19.75,"bitrate":257209,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-052.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-052","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-052","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}