{"conversationCode":"046-137","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":137,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-137","startDateTime":"1973-05-22T13:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-22T13:27:00.000Z","startDate":"22-May-1973","startTime":"9:06 AM","endDate":"22-May-1973","endTime":"9:27 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:06 am and 9:27 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-137 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. 46-137\n\nDate: May 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:06 am and 9:27 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 925-3A]\n\n     Telephone call to Warren E. Burger","filename":["046-137.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-136","nextCode":"046-138","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.35,"text":"Chief Justice Berger, please."},{"start":5.37,"end":5.45,"text":"Yes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with Chief Justice Warren E. Burger. The primary purpose of this brief administrative interaction is to facilitate direct communication between the President and the head of the Supreme Court. No substantive policy discussions occur, as the exchange is limited to the operator's coordination of the requested connection.","topics":["Warren E. Burger","Supreme Court","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:33:18.184Z"},"topicSlugs":["warren-e-burger","supreme-court","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-137.mp3","bytes":335872,"durationSec":10.35,"bitrate":259694,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-137.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-137","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-137","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}