{"conversationCode":"045-082","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":82,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-082","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T17:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T17:16:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"1:16 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"1:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 1:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-082 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. 45-82\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: 1:16 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Gerald R. Ford\n                 -Ford’s appreciation of President’s telephone call\n\f                                              -58-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["045-082.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-081","nextCode":"045-083","transcript":[{"start":5.46,"end":6.67,"text":"when Ford plays."},{"start":6.79,"end":11.14,"text":"He's probably eating, but he'll like getting the call."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a follow-up call to Gerald R. Ford. The President anticipated that Ford would appreciate the gesture, even if the call interrupted his meal. This brief administrative interaction served to facilitate direct communication between Nixon and the future President.","topics":["Gerald R. Ford","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:07:47.965Z"},"topicSlugs":["gerald-r-ford","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-082.mp3","bytes":598016,"durationSec":18.56,"bitrate":257765,"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/045-082.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-082","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-082","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}