{"conversationCode":"045-104","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":104,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-104","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T22:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T22:27:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"6:24 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"6:27 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 6:24 pm and 6:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-104 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. 45-104\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:24 pm and 6:27 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 433-40]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Robert H. Finch\n                 -Speech\n                 -California","filename":["045-104.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-103","nextCode":"045-105","transcript":[{"start":2.44,"end":6.39,"text":"Mr. Bob Finch, he may be making a speech."},{"start":6.46,"end":7.64,"text":"If he is, don't bother him."},{"start":7.66,"end":10.22,"text":"But if you can find him in between speeches, I'll talk to him."},{"start":10.24,"end":11.05,"text":"He's in California."},{"start":11.11,"end":13.53,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to Robert H. Finch regarding a potential speech. Nixon specifically requested that Finch not be interrupted if he was actively delivering a speech in California. The call was intended to reach Finch only if he were available during a break in his schedule.","topics":["Robert H. Finch","Communication","Scheduling","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:09:49.237Z"},"topicSlugs":["robert-h-finch","communication","scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-104.mp3","bytes":589824,"durationSec":18.31,"bitrate":257752,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.407Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-104.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-104","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-104","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}