{"conversationCode":"045-109","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":109,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-109","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T22:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T22:53:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"6:51 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"6:53 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 6:51 pm and 6:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-109 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. 45-109\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:51 pm and 6:53 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 433-47]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n\f                                            -72-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 45-109 (cont’d)\n\n           -David Packard\n                -California","filename":["045-109.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-108","nextCode":"045-110","transcript":[{"start":0.57,"end":2.36,"text":"Yes?"},{"start":3.02,"end":5.39,"text":"Sir David Packard in California, please."},{"start":6.7,"end":6.9,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a request through the White House operator to place an outgoing call to David Packard in California. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with the former Deputy Secretary of Defense. No further substantive discussion occurred during this connection beyond the placement of the call.","topics":["David Packard","Communication","Logistics","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:10:16.989Z"},"topicSlugs":["david-packard","communication","logistics","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-109.mp3","bytes":382976,"durationSec":11.87,"bitrate":258186,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.407Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.626Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-109.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-109","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-109","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}