{"conversationCode":"046-139","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":139,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-139","startDateTime":"1973-05-22T15:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-22T15:34:00.000Z","startDate":"22-May-1973","startTime":"11:28 AM","endDate":"22-May-1973","endTime":"11:34 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 11:28 am and 11:34 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-139 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. 46-139\n\nDate: May 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:28 am and 11:34 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 438-28]\n\n     Telephone call to Stephen B. Bull\n\f                                             -86-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["046-139.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-138","nextCode":"046-140","transcript":[{"start":0.82,"end":4.51,"text":"Stable, please."},{"start":4.53,"end":6.04,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request to be connected to his aide, Stephen B. Bull. The conversation is strictly logistical, serving only as a directive to the White House operator to facilitate communication with a staff member. No substantive political or policy matters are addressed during this exchange.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Presidential communication","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:33:29.307Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-139.mp3","bytes":389120,"durationSec":12.04,"bitrate":258551,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:45.005Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-139.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-139","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-139","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}