{"conversationCode":"046-134","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":134,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-134","startDateTime":"1973-05-21T21:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-21T21:35:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1973","startTime":"5:34 PM","endDate":"21-May-1973","endTime":"5:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buzhardt, J. Fred, Jr.;","description":"On May 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:34 pm to 5:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-134 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. 46-134\n\nDate: May 21, 1973\n\f                                                  -83-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nTime: 5:34 pm - 5:35 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 439-28]\n\n      Buzhardt’s location\n\n      President’s schedule","filename":["046-134.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Buzhardt, J. Fred, Jr."],"prevCode":"046-133","nextCode":"046-135","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":0.89,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.13,"end":1.47,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":1.97,"end":2.59,"text":"You and your office?"},{"start":3.08,"end":4.38,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.4,"end":5.9,"text":"You're not over at the editing section yet?"},{"start":5.92,"end":6.6,"text":"No, sir."},{"start":6.74,"end":8.24,"text":"I'm still working on this other problem."},{"start":9.55,"end":10.19,"text":"Oh, come over a minute."},{"start":10.27,"end":12.73,"text":"I have to leave and maybe we can see what we got."},{"start":12.75,"end":14.04,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":14.07,"end":14.18,"text":"Good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs White House Counsel J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. to relocate from his office to the President's location for a private briefing. The meeting serves to coordinate their ongoing efforts regarding an unspecified administrative problem that the President is currently addressing. This brief exchange functions as a logistical prompt to facilitate an immediate, in-person consultation on sensitive legal or political matters.","topics":["J. Fred Buzhardt Jr.","White House Counsel","Internal communication","Legal counsel","Executive office operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:33:01.394Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-fred-buzhardt-jr","white-house-counsel","internal-communication","legal-counsel","executive-office-operations"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-134.mp3","bytes":614400,"durationSec":19.09,"bitrate":257430,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:45.004Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-134.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-134","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-134","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}