{"conversationCode":"045-124","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":124,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-124","startDateTime":"1973-05-02T03:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-02T03:34:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"11:30 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"11:34 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 11:30 pm and 11:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-124 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. 45-124\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:30 pm and 11:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -William E. Timmons\n\f                                               -80-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["045-124.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-123","nextCode":"045-125","transcript":[{"start":2.27,"end":5.04,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":5.08,"end":6.27,"text":"Mr. Timmons, please."},{"start":6.29,"end":6.95,"text":"Surely."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an urgent call to William E. Timmons, who served as his Assistant for Legislative Affairs. The exchange was limited to the President’s directive to initiate this communication, reflecting the administration's ongoing coordination with Congress during a period of high political pressure. No further substantive discussion occurred before the recording concluded.","topics":["William E. Timmons","White House operator","Legislative affairs","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:11:40.593Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-e-timmons","white-house-operator","legislative-affairs","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-124.mp3","bytes":436224,"durationSec":13.51,"bitrate":258375,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.628Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-124.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-124","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-124","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}