{"conversationCode":"045-078","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":78,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-078","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T17:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T17:07:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"1:06 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"1:07 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 1:06 pm and 1:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-078 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. 45-78\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:06 pm and 1:07 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 433-10]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Stephen B. Bull\n\f                                             -56-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["045-078.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-077","nextCode":"045-079","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":4.97,"text":"Uh, steamboat, please."},{"start":5.04,"end":7.73,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call. He specifically requested to be connected to Stephen B. Bull, a personal aide. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to facilitate communication between the President and his staff.","topics":["White House operator","Stephen B. Bull","internal communications","administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:07:26.692Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","stephen-b-bull","internal-communications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-078.mp3","bytes":448512,"durationSec":13.91,"bitrate":258012,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.623Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-078.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-078","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-078","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}