{"conversationCode":"045-186","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":186,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-186","startDateTime":"1973-05-10T16:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-10T18:49:00.000Z","startDate":"10-May-1973","startTime":"12:55 PM","endDate":"10-May-1973","endTime":"2:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 2:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-186 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. 45-186\n\nDate: May 10, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:55 pm and 2:49 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 435-5]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["045-186.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-185","nextCode":"045-187","transcript":[{"start":0.59,"end":4.25,"text":"General Haig, please."},{"start":4.27,"end":4.46,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to request a conversation with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The exchange serves as a standard administrative request to facilitate communication between the President and his Chief of Staff. No further substantive policy matters are addressed during this brief connection.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:17:24.310Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-186.mp3","bytes":370688,"durationSec":11.45,"bitrate":258920,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-186.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-186","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-186","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}