{"conversationCode":"045-153","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":153,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-153","startDateTime":"1973-05-03T00:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-03T01:03:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1973","startTime":"8:52 PM","endDate":"2-May-1973","endTime":"9:03 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 8:52 pm and 9:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-153 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. 45-153\n\nDate: May 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:52 pm and 9:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Richard G. Kleindienst","filename":["045-153.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-152","nextCode":"045-154","transcript":[{"start":2.14,"end":5.12,"text":"But don't get him if he's out of dinner, please."},{"start":5.14,"end":5.34,"text":"All right."},{"start":5.42,"end":6.88,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst. He specifically requested that the operator avoid disturbing Kleindienst if he was currently at dinner. This brief exchange served as a logistical coordination to facilitate an urgent communication between the President and the Attorney General.","topics":["Richard G. Kleindienst","White House operations","Presidential communication","Attorney General"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:14:20.200Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-g-kleindienst","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","attorney-general"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-153.mp3","bytes":485376,"durationSec":15.04,"bitrate":258178,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-153.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-153","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-153","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}