{"conversationCode":"046-056","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":56,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-056","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T17:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T18:10:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"1:38 PM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"2:10 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 1:38 pm and 2:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-056 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. 46-56\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:38 pm and 2:10 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 435-23A]\n\n     Telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["046-056.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-055","nextCode":"046-057","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":5.62,"text":"Go ahead please."},{"start":6.03,"end":6.23,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon utilized the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to his Chief of Staff, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The primary purpose of this brief communication was to facilitate a direct connection between the President and his senior advisor. No substantive policy discussions or decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Alexander Haig","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:25:49.667Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-haig","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administration"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-056.mp3","bytes":360448,"durationSec":11.15,"bitrate":258694,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-056.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-056","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-056","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}