{"conversationCode":"045-220","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":220,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-220","startDateTime":"1973-05-11T12:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-11T12:30:00.000Z","startDate":"11-May-1973","startTime":"8:30 AM","endDate":"11-May-1973","endTime":"8:30 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On May 11, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 8:30 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-220 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. 45-220\n\nDate: May 11, 1973\nTime: 8:30 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 915-8A]\n\n     Henry L. Bellmon’s location\n          -Oklahoma\n\f                                              -142-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["045-220.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"045-219","nextCode":"045-221","transcript":[{"start":0.5,"end":1.61,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.63,"end":4.31,"text":"Mr. President, Senator Bellman is in Oklahoma."},{"start":4.33,"end":7.3,"text":"However, he checked out of his hotel, and we're trying to locate him."},{"start":7.32,"end":7.7,"text":"Anytime."},{"start":7.99,"end":10.41,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"A White House operator informs President Nixon that Senator Henry Bellmon has checked out of his hotel in Oklahoma and is currently being tracked. The President acknowledges this update and indicates he is available to speak with the Senator at any time. This brief exchange serves as an administrative effort to facilitate direct contact between the President and Senator Bellmon.","topics":["Henry L. Bellmon","scheduling","White House operations","communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:20:33.807Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-l-bellmon","scheduling","white-house-operations","communication"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-220.mp3","bytes":493568,"durationSec":15.32,"bitrate":257737,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.636Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-220.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-220","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-220","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}