{"conversationCode":"046-058","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":58,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-058","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T18:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T19:36:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"2:45 PM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"3:36 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 2:45 pm and 3:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-058 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. 46-58\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:45 pm and 3:36 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 435-26]\n\n     Telephone call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["046-058.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-057","nextCode":"046-059","transcript":[{"start":0.57,"end":2.96,"text":"Please?"},{"start":3.08,"end":3.94,"text":"Stable, please."},{"start":4.07,"end":7.04,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact Stephen B. Bull. The purpose of the communication is to request a connection to the Stable, the designated code name for the White House Military Office. No substantive policy discussions or policy-related decisions occurred during this brief request for a connection.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House Military Office","Communication protocols","Presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:26:01.134Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-military-office","communication-protocols","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-058.mp3","bytes":382976,"durationSec":11.87,"bitrate":258186,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-058.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-058","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-058","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}