{"conversationCode":"046-108","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":108,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-108","startDateTime":"1973-05-17T23:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-18T00:01:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1973","startTime":"7:58 PM","endDate":"17-May-1973","endTime":"8:01 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 7:58 pm and 8:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-108 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. 46-108\n\nDate: May 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:58 pm and 8:01 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Telephone call to J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.","filename":["046-108.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-107","nextCode":"046-109","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":3.54,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":3.9,"end":6.29,"text":"Woo!"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., who was serving as Special Counsel to the President at the time. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with legal counsel amid the escalating Watergate investigation. No further substantive discussion was captured beyond the request to initiate the call.","topics":["J. Fred Buzhardt","White House operations","Watergate investigation","legal counsel","telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:30:37.416Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-fred-buzhardt","white-house-operations","watergate-investigation","legal-counsel","telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-108.mp3","bytes":362496,"durationSec":11.19,"bitrate":259234,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-108.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-108","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-108","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}