{"conversationCode":"046-174","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":174,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-174","startDateTime":"1973-05-23T20:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-23T20:05:00.000Z","startDate":"23-May-1973","startTime":"4:01 PM","endDate":"23-May-1973","endTime":"4:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:01 pm and 4:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-174 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. 46-174\n\nDate: May 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:01 pm and 4:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\f                                              -103-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 439-47A]\n\n     Telephone call to Elliot L. Richardson","filename":["046-174.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-173","nextCode":"046-175","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":4.62,"text":"Attorney General Richardson, please."},{"start":4.64,"end":11.7,"text":"Yes, thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to the White House operator to be connected with Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson. The primary purpose of this contact is to facilitate direct communication with the recently confirmed head of the Department of Justice. No further substantive policy matters or specific instructions are captured in this brief exchange.","topics":["Elliot L. Richardson","Attorney General","Department of Justice","White House Operations","Executive Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:36:41.149Z"},"topicSlugs":["elliot-l-richardson","attorney-general","department-of-justice","white-house-operations","executive-communication"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-174.mp3","bytes":376832,"durationSec":11.65,"bitrate":258694,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:45.008Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-174.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-174","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-174","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}