{"conversationCode":"045-090","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":90,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-090","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T17:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T18:51:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"1:30 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"2:51 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 1:30 pm and 2:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-090 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. 45-90\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:30 pm and 2:51 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator and requested a call to Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 433-23]\n\n       Request for telephone call\n            -Stephen B. Bull","filename":["045-090.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-089","nextCode":"045-091","transcript":[{"start":2.92,"end":4.02,"text":"T-ball, please."},{"start":4.04,"end":5.01,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a direct communication with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull. This brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate a telephone call between the two men. No substantive policy matters or further developments were discussed during this connection.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","logistics","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:08:32.408Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","logistics","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-090.mp3","bytes":393216,"durationSec":12.19,"bitrate":258128,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-090.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-090","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-090","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}