{"conversationCode":"046-080","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":80,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-080","startDateTime":"1973-05-16T18:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-16T18:51:00.000Z","startDate":"16-May-1973","startTime":"2:46 PM","endDate":"16-May-1973","endTime":"2:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:46 pm and 2:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-080 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. 46-80\n\nDate: May 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:46 pm and 2:51 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 437-8]\n\n      Telephone call to J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.","filename":["046-080.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-079","nextCode":"046-081","transcript":[{"start":0.5,"end":2.74,"text":"Bazaar, please."},{"start":3.52,"end":3.88,"text":"Bazaar."},{"start":4.06,"end":5.45,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. The exchange serves primarily as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with his legal counsel. No substantive policy or political discussions occur during this short connection process.","topics":["J. Fred Buzhardt Jr.","White House operations","Legal counsel","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:28:02.037Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-fred-buzhardt-jr","white-house-operations","legal-counsel","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-080.mp3","bytes":378880,"durationSec":11.71,"bitrate":258915,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-080.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-080","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-080","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}