{"conversationCode":"046-046","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":46,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-046","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T01:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T01:33:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1973","startTime":"9:33 PM","endDate":"14-May-1973","endTime":"9:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On May 14, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 9:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-046 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. 46-46\n\nDate: May 14, 1973\nTime: 9:33 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\f                                             -27-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n     Lawrence M. Higby’s location","filename":["046-046.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"046-045","nextCode":"046-047","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":1.11,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.13,"end":4.28,"text":"Mr. Higby's en route home should be about 20 minutes."},{"start":4.3,"end":5.41,"text":"You can call me when you get sent, please."},{"start":5.43,"end":8.56,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate contact with Lawrence M. Higby. The primary objective was to coordinate a follow-up telephone call once Higby arrived at his residence. The President requested that the operator reach out to him personally as soon as Higby became available.","topics":["Lawrence M. Higby","White House operations","Presidential communications","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:24:55.023Z"},"topicSlugs":["lawrence-m-higby","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-046.mp3","bytes":432128,"durationSec":13.4,"bitrate":257986,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.993Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-046.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-046","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-046","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}