{"conversationCode":"045-071","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":71,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-071","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T03:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T03:50:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Apr-1973","startTime":"11:49 PM","endDate":"30-Apr-1973","endTime":"11:50 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 11:49 pm and 11:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-071 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. 45-71\n\nDate: April 30, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:49 pm and 11:50 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator and requested a call to H. R. Haldeman.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["045-071.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-070","nextCode":"045-072","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":2.87,"text":"Hold on please."},{"start":5.84,"end":6.88,"text":"Yes please, hold on."},{"start":7.18,"end":8.71,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an immediate connection with H. R. Haldeman. This brief administrative exchange served as the logistical precursor to a direct conversation between the President and his chief of staff. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this request for telephonic assistance.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:06:48.060Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-071.mp3","bytes":466944,"durationSec":14.48,"bitrate":257980,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.407Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-071.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-071","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-071","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}