{"conversationCode":"046-156","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":156,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-156","startDateTime":"1973-05-22T20:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-22T21:10:00.000Z","startDate":"22-May-1973","startTime":"4:46 PM","endDate":"22-May-1973","endTime":"5:10 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 4:46 pm and 5:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-156 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. 46-156\n\f                                             -94-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nDate: May 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:46 pm and 5:10 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 440-20]\n\n      Telephone call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["046-156.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-155","nextCode":"046-157","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.75,"text":"Stay bold please."},{"start":5.77,"end":7.24,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection to Stephen B. Bull. The interaction served as a brief administrative bridge to initiate communication with a staff member. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House administration","Telecommunications","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:35:01.614Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-administration","telecommunications","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-156.mp3","bytes":413696,"durationSec":12.79,"bitrate":258829,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:45.006Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-156.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-156","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-156","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}