{"conversationCode":"046-133","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":133,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-133","startDateTime":"1973-05-21T21:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-21T21:34:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1973","startTime":"5:29 PM","endDate":"21-May-1973","endTime":"5:34 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 5:29 pm and 5:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-133 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. 46-133\n\nDate: May 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:29 pm and 5:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 439-27]\n\n     Telephone call to J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.","filename":["046-133.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-132","nextCode":"046-134","transcript":[{"start":1.36,"end":6.41,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., then serving as Special Counsel to the President. This exchange served as the administrative bridge to initiate direct communication with Buzhardt regarding ongoing legal matters. No further substantive discussion occurred during this brief request to connect.","topics":["J. Fred Buzhardt Jr.","White House communications","Legal counsel","Presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:32:55.967Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-fred-buzhardt-jr","white-house-communications","legal-counsel","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-133.mp3","bytes":395264,"durationSec":12.23,"bitrate":258624,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-133.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-133","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-133","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}