{"conversationCode":"046-101","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":101,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-101","startDateTime":"1973-05-17T19:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-17T20:01:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1973","startTime":"3:54 PM","endDate":"17-May-1973","endTime":"4:01 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 3:54 pm and 4:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-101 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. 46-101\n\nDate: May 17, 1973\n\f                                             -61-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nTime: Unknown between 3:54 pm and 4:01 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 438-19]\n\n     Telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["046-101.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-100","nextCode":"046-102","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":2.56,"text":"Channel 8, please."},{"start":3.01,"end":4.96,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him to Alexander M. Haig, Jr. via channel 8. This brief exchange served solely as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with his Chief of Staff. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific connection process.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House communications","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:29:57.069Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-communications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-101.mp3","bytes":319488,"durationSec":9.87,"bitrate":259044,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:45.000Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-101.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-101","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-101","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}