{"conversationCode":"045-173","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":173,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-173","startDateTime":"1973-05-09T20:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-09T20:15:00.000Z","startDate":"9-May-1973","startTime":"4:10 PM","endDate":"9-May-1973","endTime":"4:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-173 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. 45-173\n\nDate: May 9, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:10 pm and 4:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 432-39]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Stephen B. Bull","filename":["045-173.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-172","nextCode":"045-174","transcript":[{"start":1.82,"end":3.07,"text":"Steamboat, please."},{"start":5.45,"end":5.75,"text":"Yes, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Stephen B. Bull, who served as a personal aide to the President. This brief communication serves solely as a logistical request to initiate a telephone connection. No further policy or administrative matters are discussed during this exchange.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:16:11.615Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-173.mp3","bytes":342016,"durationSec":10.57,"bitrate":258776,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-173.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-173","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-173","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}