{"conversationCode":"046-070","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":70,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-070","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T22:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T22:57:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"6:45 PM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"6:57 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 6:45 pm and 6:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-070 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. 46-70\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:45 pm and 6:57 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 435-41]\n\n     Telephone call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.","filename":["046-070.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-069","nextCode":"046-071","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":1.32,"text":"Please."},{"start":2.11,"end":2.86,"text":"Rice, please."},{"start":2.88,"end":4.44,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with speechwriter and advisor Raymond K. Price, Jr. The brief communication serves primarily as a logistical step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and his staff member. No substantive policy matters or further details were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["Raymond K. Price Jr.","White House operations","Presidential communication","Speechwriting"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:27:07.751Z"},"topicSlugs":["raymond-k-price-jr","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","speechwriting"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-070.mp3","bytes":333824,"durationSec":10.32,"bitrate":258778,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-070.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-070","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-070","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}