{"conversationCode":"046-016","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-016","startDateTime":"1973-05-11T19:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-11T19:15:00.000Z","startDate":"11-May-1973","startTime":"3:08 PM","endDate":"11-May-1973","endTime":"3:15 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 3:08 pm and 3:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-016 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. 46-16\n\f                                                -8-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nDate: May 11, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:08 pm and 3:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 434-29]\n\n     Telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["046-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-015","nextCode":"046-017","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":3.24,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.26,"end":4.91,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his Chief of Staff. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this specific exchange.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","White House operations","Presidential communications","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:22:07.964Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-016.mp3","bytes":317440,"durationSec":9.81,"bitrate":258782,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.989Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}