{"conversationCode":"045-198","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":198,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-198","startDateTime":"1973-05-10T20:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-10T20:42:00.000Z","startDate":"10-May-1973","startTime":"4:24 PM","endDate":"10-May-1973","endTime":"4:42 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 4:24 pm and 4:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-198 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. 45-198\n\nDate: May 10, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:24 pm and 4:42 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["045-198.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-197","nextCode":"045-199","transcript":[{"start":1.72,"end":4.17,"text":"Mr. Holloman, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic request through the White House operator to be connected with H. R. Haldeman. This exchange serves as a standard administrative action to facilitate communication between the President and his Chief of Staff. No further substantive policy matters or tactical discussions are addressed during this specific connection process.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House communications","Presidential administration","Telephonic coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:18:31.897Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-communications","presidential-administration","telephonic-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-198.mp3","bytes":333824,"durationSec":10.32,"bitrate":258778,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-198.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-198","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-198","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}