{"conversationCode":"045-117","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":117,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-117","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":"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 7:15 pm and 7:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-117 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. 45-117\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:15 pm and 7:19 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\f                                               -76-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 45-117 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 433-57]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -William P. Rogers","filename":["045-117.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-116","nextCode":"045-118","transcript":[{"start":2.26,"end":3.99,"text":"Please."},{"start":4.09,"end":5.09,"text":"Secretary Rogers please."},{"start":5.11,"end":7.32,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The brief exchange serves as a logistical coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Secretary. No further policy discussion or substantive developments occur during this specific telephone connection attempt.","topics":["William P. Rogers","White House operator","communication logistics","Presidential correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:11:01.330Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","white-house-operator","communication-logistics","presidential-correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-117.mp3","bytes":415744,"durationSec":12.88,"bitrate":258226,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.627Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-117.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-117","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-117","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}