{"conversationCode":"045-103","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":103,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-103","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T22:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T22:24:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"6:24 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"6:24 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 6:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-103 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. 45-103\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: 6:24 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 433-39]\n\n     Meeting with Roy L. Ash\n          -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\f                                             -69-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["045-103.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-102","nextCode":"045-104","transcript":[{"start":1.52,"end":5.65,"text":"See if Mr. Roy Ash could come to the EOB office, please."},{"start":5.92,"end":10.29,"text":"If he's gone, don't bother him at all."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact Roy L. Ash and request his presence at an EOB office meeting. Nixon specified that Ash should only be summoned if he remained in the building, explicitly stating that he should not be disturbed if he had already departed for the day.","topics":["Roy L. Ash","Scheduling","White House operations","Executive Office Building"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:09:44.117Z"},"topicSlugs":["roy-l-ash","scheduling","white-house-operations","executive-office-building"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-103.mp3","bytes":509952,"durationSec":15.85,"bitrate":257334,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.625Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-103.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-103","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-103","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}