{"conversationCode":"045-120","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":120,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-120","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T23:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T23:24:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"7:22 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"7:24 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 7:22 pm and 7:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-120 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. 45-120\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:22 pm and 7:24 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 433-60]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Elliot L. Richardson","filename":["045-120.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-119","nextCode":"045-121","transcript":[{"start":5.82,"end":8.19,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Elliot L. Richardson. This brief communication served as a logistical request to establish contact with the Attorney General designate. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Elliot Richardson","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:11:17.405Z"},"topicSlugs":["elliot-richardson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-120.mp3","bytes":438272,"durationSec":13.6,"bitrate":257807,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.407Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-120.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-120","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-120","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}