{"conversationCode":"046-062","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":62,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-062","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T19:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T19:44:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"3:42 PM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"3:44 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 3:42 pm and 3:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-062 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. 46-62\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:42 pm and 3:44 pm\n\f                                             -36-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 435-30]\n\n     Telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["046-062.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-061","nextCode":"046-063","transcript":[{"start":1.75,"end":2.97,"text":"Al Haig, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief exchange serves as a procedural request to establish communication with his Chief of Staff. No substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this initial operator contact.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:26:22.733Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-062.mp3","bytes":335872,"durationSec":10.39,"bitrate":258694,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.995Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-062.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-062","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-062","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}