{"conversationCode":"046-104","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":104,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-104","startDateTime":"1973-05-17T20:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-17T20:58:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1973","startTime":"4:36 PM","endDate":"17-May-1973","endTime":"4:58 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 4:36 pm and 4:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-104 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. 46-104\n\nDate: May 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:36 pm and 4:58 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n      Telephone call to J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.","filename":["046-104.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-103","nextCode":"046-105","transcript":[{"start":0.55,"end":3.04,"text":"Mr. Fred Bazaar, please."},{"start":3.06,"end":5.2,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to the White House operator to be connected with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. The purpose of the call is to establish contact with his legal counsel for ongoing administrative or legal matters. No further substantive discussion occurs during this short exchange as the President waits for the connection to be completed.","topics":["J. Fred Buzhardt Jr.","White House operator","legal counsel","telephone communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:30:14.173Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-fred-buzhardt-jr","white-house-operator","legal-counsel","telephone-communication"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-104.mp3","bytes":327680,"durationSec":10.09,"bitrate":259719,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-104.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-104","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-104","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}