{"conversationCode":"046-154","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":154,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-154","startDateTime":"1973-05-22T20:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-22T20:45:00.000Z","startDate":"22-May-1973","startTime":"4:44 PM","endDate":"22-May-1973","endTime":"4:45 PM","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 4:44 pm and 4:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-154 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. 46-154\n\nDate: May 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:44 pm and 4:45 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 440-14]\n\n     Telephone call to William E. Timmons","filename":["046-154.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-153","nextCode":"046-155","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.89,"text":"Mr. Timmons, please."},{"start":2.99,"end":3.58,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to the White House operator to be connected with William E. Timmons, his Assistant for Legislative Affairs. The exchange serves solely as a logistical request to facilitate communication with a key staff member. No further policy or substantive matters were discussed during this brief connection.","topics":["William E. Timmons","White House operations","Presidential communication","Legislative affairs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:34:50.864Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-e-timmons","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","legislative-affairs"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-154.mp3","bytes":327680,"durationSec":10.09,"bitrate":259719,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-154.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-154","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-154","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}