{"conversationCode":"426-045","tapeNumber":426,"conversationNumber":45,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-426-045","startDateTime":"1973-04-10T22:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-10T22:59:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Apr-1973","startTime":"5:00 PM","endDate":"10-Apr-1973","endTime":"5:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:59 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 426-045 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 426-45\n\nDate: April 10, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:00 pm and 5:59 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 44-138]\n\f                                               -35-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 426-46 (cont’d)","filename":["426-045.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"426-044","nextCode":"426-046","transcript":[{"start":9.7,"end":10.94,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone communication. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical bridge to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy matters or strategic decisions were addressed during this exchange.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:30:23.436Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"426-045.mp3","bytes":81920,"durationSec":17.51,"bitrate":37434,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:38.375Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/426-045.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/426-045","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/426/conversation-426-045","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}