{"conversationCode":"045-097","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":97,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-097","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T21:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T21:43:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"5:40 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"5:43 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 5:40 pm and 5:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-097 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. 45-97\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:40 pm and 5:43 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\f                                             -66-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                                Conversation No. 45-97 (cont’d)\n\n[See also Conversation No. 433-32]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["045-097.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-096","nextCode":"045-098","transcript":[{"start":4.37,"end":5.04,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":5.06,"end":7.07,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief administrative request through the White House operator to place a telephone call. The primary purpose of the communication was to connect the President with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. No substantive policy discussions or policy-related decisions occurred during this brief interaction.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:09:11.317Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-097.mp3","bytes":423936,"durationSec":13.16,"bitrate":257711,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.625Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-097.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-097","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-097","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}