{"conversationCode":"046-117","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":117,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-117","startDateTime":"1973-05-19T01:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-19T01:25:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1973","startTime":"9:06 PM","endDate":"18-May-1973","endTime":"9:25 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 9:06 pm and 9:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-117 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. 46-117\n\nDate: May 18, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:06 pm and 9:25 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\f                                             -73-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n     Telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["046-117.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-116","nextCode":"046-118","transcript":[{"start":0.42,"end":3.29,"text":"John Hague, please."},{"start":3.41,"end":6.24,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The purpose of the exchange is solely to facilitate this communication, as the President requests to be connected with Haig. No further substantive discussion or decision-making occurs during this brief interaction.","topics":["White House communications","Alexander Haig","Executive office administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:31:27.476Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","alexander-haig","executive-office-administration"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-117.mp3","bytes":382976,"durationSec":11.84,"bitrate":258767,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:45.002Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-117.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-117","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-117","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}