{"conversationCode":"045-216","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":216,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-216","startDateTime":"1973-05-10T22:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-10T22:40:00.000Z","startDate":"10-May-1973","startTime":"6:13 PM","endDate":"10-May-1973","endTime":"6:40 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 6:13 pm and 6:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-216 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. 45-216\n\nDate: May 10, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:13 pm and 6:40 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.","filename":["045-216.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-215","nextCode":"045-217","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":14.16,"text":"would you have general haig call me when he gets uh he's in a meeting at the moment when he gets free please yes"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request an urgent telephone call with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. He instructed the operator to reach Haig as soon as he concluded his current meeting. This brief administrative exchange served to facilitate direct communication between the President and his Chief of Staff.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Internal administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:20:11.433Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","internal-administration"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-216.mp3","bytes":692224,"durationSec":21.53,"bitrate":257173,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-216.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-216","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-216","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}