{"conversationCode":"046-012","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-012","startDateTime":"1973-05-11T18:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-11T19:00:00.000Z","startDate":"11-May-1973","startTime":"2:57 PM","endDate":"11-May-1973","endTime":"3:00 PM","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 2:57 pm and 3:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-012 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. 46-12\n\nDate: May 11, 1973\n\f                                             -6-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nTime: Unknown between 2:57 pm and 3:00 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 434-24]\n\n     Telephone call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["046-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-011","nextCode":"046-013","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":6.8,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":6.82,"end":7.12,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to his aide, Stephen B. Bull. This brief administrative interaction serves solely to facilitate direct communication between the President and a member of his staff. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded during this brief connectivity exchange.","topics":["White House administration","Stephen B. Bull","telecommunications","presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:21:45.540Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","stephen-b-bull","telecommunications","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-012.mp3","bytes":385024,"durationSec":11.92,"bitrate":258405,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}