{"conversationCode":"045-154","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":154,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-154","startDateTime":"1973-05-03T01:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-03T01:03:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1973","startTime":"9:03 PM","endDate":"2-May-1973","endTime":"9:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On May 2, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 9:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-154 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. 45-154\n\nDate: May 2, 1973\nTime: 9:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked to the President.\n\n     Telephone call to Richard G. Kleindienst\n\f                                               -96-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 45-155 (cont’d)","filename":["045-154.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"045-153","nextCode":"045-155","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":0.73,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":0.91,"end":3.34,"text":"I'm not getting an answer at Mr. Cline Dean's residence."},{"start":3.36,"end":4.32,"text":"Do you want me to keep trying?"},{"start":4.36,"end":5.91,"text":"I'll try it tomorrow, thank you."},{"start":5.93,"end":10.24,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to reach Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst via telephone, but the White House operator was unable to connect the call to the Attorney General's residence. After being informed of the unsuccessful attempt, Nixon decided to postpone the outreach until the following day. No further action was taken during this brief exchange.","topics":["Richard G. Kleindienst","Presidential communication","Scheduling","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:14:25.759Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-g-kleindienst","presidential-communication","scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-154.mp3","bytes":669696,"durationSec":20.83,"bitrate":257245,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.630Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-154.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-154","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-154","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}