{"conversationCode":"046-054","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":54,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-054","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T17:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T17:07:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"1:04 PM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"1:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:04 pm and 1:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-054 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. 46-54\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:04 pm and 1:07 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 435-21]\n\n     Telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["046-054.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-053","nextCode":"046-055","transcript":[{"start":1.08,"end":5.86,"text":"General Haig, please."},{"start":6.03,"end":8.44,"text":"General Haig, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to his Chief of Staff, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to establish a direct line of communication with Haig. No further policy or substantive matters were discussed during this connection attempt.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House operations","Presidential communication","Executive staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:25:38.814Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","executive-staff"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-054.mp3","bytes":428032,"durationSec":13.29,"bitrate":257591,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-054.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-054","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-054","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}