{"conversationCode":"045-218","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":218,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-218","startDateTime":"1973-05-11T12:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-11T12:30:00.000Z","startDate":"11-May-1973","startTime":"8:27 AM","endDate":"11-May-1973","endTime":"8:30 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:27 am and 8:30 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-218 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. 45-218\n\nDate: May 11, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:27 am and 8:30 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\f                                            -141-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 45-218 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 916-3]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Henry L. Bellmon","filename":["045-218.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-217","nextCode":"045-219","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":4.17,"text":"Senator Henry Bellman, please."},{"start":4.45,"end":6.5,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request through the White House operator to be connected with Senator Henry Bellmon. This administrative interaction was strictly logistical, aimed at facilitating a direct conversation between the President and the Senator. No further discussion occurred during this call beyond the request for the connection.","topics":["Henry Bellmon","Telephone communication","Logistics","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:20:22.798Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-bellmon","telephone-communication","logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-218.mp3","bytes":446464,"durationSec":13.87,"bitrate":257575,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.636Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-218.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-218","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-218","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}