{"conversationCode":"045-143","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":143,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-143","startDateTime":"1973-05-02T16:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-02T16:58:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1973","startTime":"12:57 PM","endDate":"2-May-1973","endTime":"12:58 PM","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 12:57 pm and 12:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-143 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. 45-143\n\nDate: May 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:57 pm and 12:58 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 432-16]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Stephen B. Bull","filename":["045-143.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-142","nextCode":"045-144","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":3.6,"text":"Steve Ball please."},{"start":3.63,"end":4.88,"text":"Yes sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to connect him with Stephen B. Bull. This exchange serves as a standard administrative action to facilitate communication between the President and his staff. No further substantive policy matters or decisions are discussed during this brief connection.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:13:24.289Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-143.mp3","bytes":395264,"durationSec":12.2,"bitrate":259189,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-143.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-143","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-143","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}