{"conversationCode":"046-084","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":84,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-084","startDateTime":"1973-05-16T20:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-17T01:33:00.000Z","startDate":"16-May-1973","startTime":"4:08 PM","endDate":"16-May-1973","endTime":"9:33 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 4:08 pm and 9:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-084 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. 46-84\n\nDate: May 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:08 pm and 9:33 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n      Telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["046-084.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-083","nextCode":"046-085","transcript":[{"start":1.01,"end":5.49,"text":"General Haig, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The call serves as a brief administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication with his Chief of Staff. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this short exchange.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","White House operations","Communication","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:28:23.837Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-operations","communication","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-084.mp3","bytes":335872,"durationSec":10.39,"bitrate":258694,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-084.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-084","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-084","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}