{"conversationCode":"045-150","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":150,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-150","startDateTime":"1973-05-03T00:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-03T00:51:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1973","startTime":"8:50 PM","endDate":"2-May-1973","endTime":"8:51 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 8:50 pm and 8:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-150 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. 45-150\n\nDate: May 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:50 pm and 8:51 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["045-150.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-149","nextCode":"045-151","transcript":[{"start":0.69,"end":3.4,"text":"Yes please."},{"start":6.45,"end":9.04,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to John D. Ehrlichman. This brief exchange serves strictly as an administrative procedure to facilitate direct communication with a key domestic policy advisor during the height of the Watergate scandal. No substantive policy matters or tactical decisions are discussed during this short connection.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","White House operations","Communication logistics","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:14:02.809Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-operations","communication-logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-150.mp3","bytes":448512,"durationSec":13.91,"bitrate":258012,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-150.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-150","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-150","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}