{"conversationCode":"045-085","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":85,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-085","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T17:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T17:22:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"1:20 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"1:22 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 1:20 pm and 1:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-085 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. 45-85\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:20 pm and 1:22 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked to the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 433-17]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -William E. Timmons","filename":["045-085.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-084","nextCode":"045-086","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":5.77,"text":"Bill Timmons please."},{"start":7.71,"end":8.46,"text":"Hello?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place an urgent call to William E. Timmons, his Assistant for Legislative Affairs. The brief interaction serves solely as a logistical bridge to connect the President with a key member of his congressional liaison team. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief request for the operator's assistance.","topics":["William E. Timmons","White House operations","Presidential communication","Legislative affairs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:08:04.381Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-e-timmons","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","legislative-affairs"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-085.mp3","bytes":540672,"durationSec":16.77,"bitrate":257872,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-085.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-085","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-085","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}