{"conversationCode":"440-046","tapeNumber":440,"conversationNumber":46,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-440-046","startDateTime":"1973-05-24T20:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-24T21:05:00.000Z","startDate":"24-May-1973","startTime":"4:52 PM","endDate":"24-May-1973","endTime":"5:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 24, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 5:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 440-046 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"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. 440-46\n\nDate: May 24, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:52 pm and 5:05 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Florida\n                      -Elliot L. Richardson’s swearing-in\n                      -Patrick J. Buchanan\n                      -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n                      -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon [?]","filename":["440-046.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"440-045","nextCode":"440-047","transcript":[{"start":19.37,"end":24.01,"text":"Now I have a story."},{"start":24.03,"end":24.33,"text":"I have a story."},{"start":24.35,"end":24.66,"text":"I have a story."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with unidentified individual(s) in the Old Executive Office Building to coordinate his upcoming travel schedule to Florida. The discussion focused on logistical arrangements for the trip, including the swearing-in ceremony for Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson. Key staff members, including Patrick J. Buchanan and Alexander M. Haig, Jr., were noted in relation to these scheduling requirements.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Florida trip","Elliot L. Richardson","Patrick J. Buchanan","Alexander M. Haig Jr."],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:19:33.260Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","florida-trip","elliot-l-richardson","patrick-j-buchanan","alexander-m-haig-jr"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"440-046.mp3","bytes":1187840,"durationSec":37.04,"bitrate":256552,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.740Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/440-046.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/440-046","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/440/conversation-440-046","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}