{"conversationCode":"045-202","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":202,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-202","startDateTime":"1973-05-10T20:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-10T20:54:00.000Z","startDate":"10-May-1973","startTime":"4:52 PM","endDate":"10-May-1973","endTime":"4:54 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 4:52 pm and 4:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-202 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. 45-202\n\nDate: May 10, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:52 pm and 4:54 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\f                                            -129-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                                Conversation No. 45-203 (cont’d)","filename":["045-202.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-201","nextCode":"045-203","transcript":[{"start":1.75,"end":3.75,"text":"Mr. Hague, please."},{"start":4.73,"end":6.77,"text":"General, yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to connect with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The primary purpose of the communication is to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and his Chief of Staff. No further substantive policy matters or tactical discussions are addressed in this short transcript beyond the initial request to reach Haig.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Communication","White House operations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:18:54.462Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","communication","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-202.mp3","bytes":409600,"durationSec":12.65,"bitrate":258967,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-202.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-202","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-202","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}