{"conversationCode":"046-083","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":83,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-083","startDateTime":"1973-05-16T18:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-16T18:58:00.000Z","startDate":"16-May-1973","startTime":"2:57 PM","endDate":"16-May-1973","endTime":"2:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buzhardt, J. Fred, Jr.;","description":"On May 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:57 pm to 2:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-083 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. 46-83\n\nDate: May 16, 1973\nTime: 2:57 pm - 2:58 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.\n\n      President’s location\n            -Oval Office","filename":["046-083.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Buzhardt, J. Fred, Jr."],"prevCode":"046-082","nextCode":"046-084","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":4,"text":"I'm in the Oval Office if you and I want to come in now."},{"start":4.76,"end":6.05,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":6.07,"end":7.58,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated this brief exchange to coordinate an in-person meeting with White House counsel J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. The President requested that Buzhardt come to the Oval Office immediately to discuss urgent matters. This logistical communication facilitated a follow-up session between the two key figures during the height of the Watergate investigation.","topics":["Watergate","J. Fred Buzhardt","Legal Counsel","White House Operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:28:18.553Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","j-fred-buzhardt","legal-counsel","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-083.mp3","bytes":407552,"durationSec":12.6,"bitrate":258763,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-083.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-083","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-083","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}