{"conversationCode":"005-024","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-024","startDateTime":"1971-06-12T18:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-12T18:21:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Jun-1971","startTime":"2:09 PM","endDate":"12-Jun-1971","endTime":"2:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:09 pm and 2:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-024 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 5-24\n\nDate: June 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:09 pm and 2:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["005-024.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:31:25","tapeEnd":"00:31:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-023","nextCode":"005-025","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.19,"text":"Ms. Ziegler, please."},{"start":1.4,"end":2.11,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a direct phone call to his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation was brief and strictly functional, serving only to facilitate communication with a key staff member. No substantive political issues or policy decisions were discussed during this exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Press Secretary","Telephone communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:52:23.745Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","press-secretary","telephone-communication"],"audioDurationSec":2,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-024.mp3","bytes":27591,"durationSec":2.18,"bitrate":101097,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.571Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-024.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-024","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-024","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}