{"conversationCode":"046-082","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":82,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-082","startDateTime":"1973-05-16T18:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-16T18:58:00.000Z","startDate":"16-May-1973","startTime":"2:52 PM","endDate":"16-May-1973","endTime":"2:58 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 2:52 pm and 2:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-082 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. 46-82\n\f                                                  -49-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nDate: May 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:52 pm and 2:58 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n      Telephone call to J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.","filename":["046-082.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-081","nextCode":"046-083","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":4.52,"text":"Fred Buzzard, please."},{"start":4.54,"end":7.27,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator place an outgoing telephone call to J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., his legal counsel. The brief interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with Buzhardt regarding matters related to the ongoing Watergate investigations. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange.","topics":["J. Fred Buzhardt Jr.","Watergate scandal","White House communications","Legal counsel"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:28:12.935Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-fred-buzhardt-jr","watergate-scandal","white-house-communications","legal-counsel"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-082.mp3","bytes":391168,"durationSec":12.15,"bitrate":257629,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-082.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-082","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-082","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}