{"conversationCode":"045-139","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":139,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-139","startDateTime":"1973-05-02T16:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-02T16:11:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1973","startTime":"12:11 PM","endDate":"2-May-1973","endTime":"12:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 12:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-139 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. 45-139\n\nDate: May 2, 1973\nTime: 12:11 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 909-26A]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.\n\f                                               -89-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["045-139.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-138","nextCode":"045-140","transcript":[{"start":0.5,"end":4.52,"text":"Could I get Ken Cole please?"},{"start":4.96,"end":7.29,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. This brief administrative interaction serves as a call-routing request to facilitate direct communication between the President and his Deputy Assistant for Domestic Affairs. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occur during this exchange.","topics":["Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.","White House Operations","Presidential Communications","Domestic Policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:13:02.603Z"},"topicSlugs":["kenneth-r-cole-jr","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","domestic-policy"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-139.mp3","bytes":391168,"durationSec":12.15,"bitrate":257629,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.629Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-139.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-139","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-139","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}