{"conversationCode":"045-116","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":116,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-116","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T23:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T23:19:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"7:15 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"7:19 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On May 1, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:15 pm and 7:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-116 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. 45-116\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:15 pm and 7:19 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 433-56-A]\n\n     Hugh Scott’s location\n          -Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.\n                -Dinner","filename":["045-116.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"045-115","nextCode":"045-117","transcript":[{"start":1.26,"end":7.92,"text":"Mr. President, Senator Scott is at a dinner for Senator Mathias at the Civic Center."},{"start":7.94,"end":8.62,"text":"Oh, no."},{"start":8.66,"end":9.12,"text":"Let it go."},{"start":9.14,"end":9.96,"text":"I'll call him tomorrow."},{"start":9.98,"end":10.22,"text":"No hurry."},{"start":10.24,"end":13.33,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"A White House operator informs President Nixon that Senator Hugh Scott is attending a dinner for Senator Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. at the Civic Center. Upon learning of the Senator's location, the President decides against interrupting the event. He concludes the call by instructing the operator to hold his attempt to reach Scott until the following day.","topics":["Hugh Scott","Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.","Scheduling","White House Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:10:55.985Z"},"topicSlugs":["hugh-scott","charles-mcc-mathias-jr","scheduling","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-116.mp3","bytes":585728,"durationSec":18.17,"bitrate":257840,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-116.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-116","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-116","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}