{"conversationCode":"045-073","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":73,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-073","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T16:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T16:59:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"12:58 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"12:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:58 pm and 12:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-073 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. 45-73\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:58 pm and 12:59 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 433-3]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Stephen B. Bull","filename":["045-073.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-072","nextCode":"045-074","transcript":[{"start":1.53,"end":4.97,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":6.49,"end":10.55,"text":"Hello."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone call. The brief exchange served as a procedural request to connect the President with Stephen B. Bull. No substantive policy discussions or complex administrative developments occurred during this connection.","topics":["White House operations","Stephen B. Bull","Presidential communications","Telephone protocols"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:06:59.045Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","stephen-b-bull","presidential-communications","telephone-protocols"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-073.mp3","bytes":571392,"durationSec":17.76,"bitrate":257383,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-073.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-073","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-073","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}