{"conversationCode":"045-083","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":83,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-083","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T17:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T17:18:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"1:16 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"1:18 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 1:16 pm and 1:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-083 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. 45-83\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:16 pm and 1:18 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 433-15]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Leslie C. Arends","filename":["045-083.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-082","nextCode":"045-084","transcript":[{"start":2.04,"end":5.92,"text":"Congressman Ahrens, please."},{"start":5.94,"end":7.59,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman Leslie C. Arends. This brief interaction serves as a routine administrative step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and the Republican congressman. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief request.","topics":["Leslie C. Arends","Telephone call","White House operations","Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:07:53.235Z"},"topicSlugs":["leslie-c-arends","telephone-call","white-house-operations","communication"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-083.mp3","bytes":448512,"durationSec":13.89,"bitrate":258260,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-083.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-083","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-083","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}