{"conversationCode":"045-138","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":138,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-138","startDateTime":"1973-05-02T14:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-02T14:43:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1973","startTime":"10:31 AM","endDate":"2-May-1973","endTime":"10:43 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:31 am and 10:43 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-138 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. 45-138\n\nDate: May 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:31 am and 10:43 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 909-19]\n\n     Meeting with Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.","filename":["045-138.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-137","nextCode":"045-139","transcript":[{"start":3.12,"end":6.2,"text":"Would you see if Ken Cole could come into the old office, please?"},{"start":6.22,"end":8.03,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to facilitate a meeting with Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. He explicitly requests that Cole join him in the Old Executive Office Building. This brief administrative exchange confirms the scheduling of a direct consultation between the President and a key staff member.","topics":["Kenneth R. Cole Jr.","White House scheduling","Presidential communication","Old Executive Office Building"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:12:57.245Z"},"topicSlugs":["kenneth-r-cole-jr","white-house-scheduling","presidential-communication","old-executive-office-building"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-138.mp3","bytes":417792,"durationSec":12.95,"bitrate":258161,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-138.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-138","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-138","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}