{"conversationCode":"046-167","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":167,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-167","startDateTime":"1973-05-23T00:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-23T00:39:00.000Z","startDate":"22-May-1973","startTime":"8:30 PM","endDate":"22-May-1973","endTime":"8:39 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 8:30 pm and 8:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-167 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. 46-167\n\nDate: May 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:30 pm and 8:39 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Telephone call to Bryce N. Harlow","filename":["046-167.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-166","nextCode":"046-168","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.92,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.06,"end":4,"text":"Bryce Harlow, please."},{"start":4.02,"end":6.13,"text":"If he's out to dinner, don't bother him."},{"start":6.15,"end":7.64,"text":"But if he's home, I'll talk to him."},{"start":7.82,"end":8.12,"text":"All right."},{"start":8.16,"end":10.45,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to Bryce Harlow. He specifically requested that Harlow not be disturbed if he was out to dinner, but expressed a desire to speak with him if he was at home. This brief exchange reflects the President’s administrative efforts to reach his advisor during the evening hours.","topics":["Bryce Harlow","Communication management","White House operations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:36:02.370Z"},"topicSlugs":["bryce-harlow","communication-management","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-167.mp3","bytes":493568,"durationSec":15.32,"bitrate":257737,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-167.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-167","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-167","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}