{"conversationCode":"046-159","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":159,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-159","startDateTime":"1973-05-22T21:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-22T21:55:00.000Z","startDate":"22-May-1973","startTime":"5:44 PM","endDate":"22-May-1973","endTime":"5:55 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 5:44 pm and 5:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-159 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. 46-159\n\nDate: May 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:44 pm and 5:55 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Telephone call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["046-159.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-158","nextCode":"046-160","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":3.27,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.37,"end":5.18,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection to his aide, Stephen B. Bull. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to initiate direct communication with staff. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Administrative communication","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:35:18.019Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","administrative-communication","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-159.mp3","bytes":323584,"durationSec":10,"bitrate":258867,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-159.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-159","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-159","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}