{"conversationCode":"045-204","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":204,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-204","startDateTime":"1973-05-10T21:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-10T21:01:00.000Z","startDate":"10-May-1973","startTime":"5:00 PM","endDate":"10-May-1973","endTime":"5:01 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 5:00 pm and 5:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-204 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. 45-204\n\nDate: May 10, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:00 pm and 5:01 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -William P. Rogers","filename":["045-204.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-203","nextCode":"045-205","transcript":[{"start":1.79,"end":2.91,"text":"Wickey Rogers, please."},{"start":2.93,"end":4.07,"text":"Right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with Secretary of State William P. Rogers. This brief communication serves as a standard administrative task to facilitate a direct telephone conversation between the President and his top diplomat. No further substantive discussion occurs during this short exchange.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Presidential communication","Administrative request","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:19:05.475Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","presidential-communication","administrative-request","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-204.mp3","bytes":333824,"durationSec":10.29,"bitrate":259448,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-204.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-204","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-204","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}