{"conversationCode":"046-114","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":114,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-114","startDateTime":"1973-05-18T20:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-18T21:00:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1973","startTime":"4:34 PM","endDate":"18-May-1973","endTime":"5:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 5:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-114 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. 46-114\n\nDate: May 18, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:34 pm and 5:00 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 437-23]\n\n     Telephone call to Stephen B. Bull\n\f                                             -70-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["046-114.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-113","nextCode":"046-115","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":3.12,"text":"Steamboat please."},{"start":3.42,"end":5.64,"text":"Yes, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact Stephen B. Bull. The President identifies the recipient by the codename 'Steamboat' to facilitate the connection. This interaction serves as a functional request to bridge communication between the President and his aide.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Presidential communications","Internal administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:31:10.424Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","internal-administration"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-114.mp3","bytes":397312,"durationSec":12.31,"bitrate":258274,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:45.002Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-114.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-114","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-114","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}