{"conversationCode":"046-026","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-026","startDateTime":"1973-05-14T15:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-14T16:03:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1973","startTime":"11:59 AM","endDate":"14-May-1973","endTime":"12:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-026 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. 46-26\n\nDate: May 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:59 am and 12:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 917-23]\n\n     Telephone call to Lawrence M. Higby","filename":["046-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-025","nextCode":"046-027","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":4.36,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.38,"end":7.16,"text":"Larry Higley, please."},{"start":7.18,"end":7.26,"text":"Yes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Lawrence M. Higby. This interaction served as an administrative request to connect the President with a member of his staff. The conversation concluded once the operator initiated the connection to Higby.","topics":["Lawrence M. Higby","White House operations","Administrative communications","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:23:03.599Z"},"topicSlugs":["lawrence-m-higby","white-house-operations","administrative-communications","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-026.mp3","bytes":389120,"durationSec":12.07,"bitrate":257980,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}