{"conversationCode":"045-112","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":112,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-112","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T23:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T23:03:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"7:02 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"7:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hart, Thomas;","description":"On May 1, 1973, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Thomas Hart talked on the telephone from 7:02 pm to 7:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-112 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. 45-112\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: 7:02 pm - 7:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Stephen B. Bull’s location\n\n     Conversation with Thomas Hart\n\nThe President talked with Hart between 7:02 pm and 7:03 pm.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 433-51]\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -David Packard\n                 -Bull\n           -Roy L. Ash\n\f                                             -74-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["045-112.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Hart, Thomas"],"prevCode":"045-111","nextCode":"045-113","transcript":[{"start":1.47,"end":4.65,"text":"Mr. President, I can't seem to locate Mr. Bull right now."},{"start":4.67,"end":5.91,"text":"Could Mr. Tom Hart help you?"},{"start":5.93,"end":6.15,"text":"Sure."},{"start":6.41,"end":12.31,"text":"All right."},{"start":12.34,"end":13,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":13.02,"end":22.7,"text":"Tom, put David Packard on my schedule Thursday morning, 9 o'clock, and tell Steve to move things around so that he can have at least a half to three-quarters of an hour."},{"start":22.77,"end":24.59,"text":"It may even take until 10."},{"start":24.61,"end":24.73,"text":"Fine."},{"start":24.79,"end":26.75,"text":"Now, we had Roy Ash down there at 9 o'clock."},{"start":26.85,"end":28.31,"text":"No, I just saw Roy Ash."},{"start":28.35,"end":29.19,"text":"I finished him."},{"start":29.21,"end":29.59,"text":"Fine, sir."},{"start":29.67,"end":30.41,"text":"David Packard."},{"start":30.43,"end":31.03,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed Thomas Hart to adjust his official schedule to accommodate a meeting with David Packard. Nixon directed that Packard be slotted for a 9:00 a.m. appointment on Thursday, explicitly requesting that Stephen Bull reschedule existing commitments to allow for a 30- to 60-minute duration. The President confirmed he had already concluded his meeting with Roy Ash, clearing the way for the new appointment.","topics":["Presidential schedule","David Packard","Roy L. Ash","Stephen B. Bull","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:10:33.778Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","david-packard","roy-l-ash","stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-112.mp3","bytes":1232896,"durationSec":38.39,"bitrate":256942,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.626Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-112.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-112","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-112","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}