{"conversationCode":"045-118","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":118,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-118","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 045-118 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. 45-118\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:15 pm and 7:19 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 433-58]\n\n     Telephone call to John J. McCloy\n          -Cancellation","filename":["045-118.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-117","nextCode":"045-119","transcript":[{"start":2.58,"end":6.78,"text":"You can cancel the call to McCoy because I got through."},{"start":6.8,"end":7.12,"text":"All right."},{"start":7.18,"end":8.19,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to cancel a previously requested call to John J. McCloy. He explained that the cancellation was necessary because he had already successfully contacted McCloy through other means. The operator acknowledged the request and terminated the brief interaction.","topics":["John J. McCloy","White House communications","Telephone protocol","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:11:06.522Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-j-mccloy","white-house-communications","telephone-protocol","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-118.mp3","bytes":419840,"durationSec":13.01,"bitrate":258098,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-118.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-118","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-118","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}