{"conversationCode":"046-126","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":126,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-126","startDateTime":"1973-05-21T15:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-21T16:34:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1973","startTime":"11:51 AM","endDate":"21-May-1973","endTime":"12:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:51 am and 12:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-126 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. 46-126\n\nDate: May 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:51 am and 12:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\f                                             -80-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n[See also Conversation No. 439-7]\n\n     Telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["046-126.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-125","nextCode":"046-127","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":3.71,"text":"General Haig please."},{"start":3.73,"end":5.28,"text":"Yes sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request with the White House operator to be connected with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The primary purpose of the exchange was to facilitate communication with his Chief of Staff. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief request to place the call.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:32:18.180Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-126.mp3","bytes":352256,"durationSec":10.88,"bitrate":259011,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:45.003Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-126.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-126","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-126","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}