{"conversationCode":"046-099","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":99,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-099","startDateTime":"1973-05-17T19:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-17T19:53:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1973","startTime":"3:43 PM","endDate":"17-May-1973","endTime":"3:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:43 pm and 3:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-099 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. 46-99\n\nDate: May 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:43 pm and 3:53 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 438-17]\n\n     Telephone call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["046-099.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-098","nextCode":"046-100","transcript":[{"start":0.6,"end":7.63,"text":"This is next, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a routine telephone connection through the White House operator to speak with First Lady Pat Nixon. The call serves as a brief personal communication between the President and his wife. No substantive policy matters or administrative developments are discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Pat Nixon","White House switchboard","Personal communication","First Lady"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:29:46.865Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","white-house-switchboard","personal-communication","first-lady"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-099.mp3","bytes":452608,"durationSec":14.05,"bitrate":257651,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-099.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-099","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-099","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}