{"conversationCode":"013-055","tapeNumber":13,"conversationNumber":55,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-013-055","startDateTime":"1971-11-01T19:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-01T19:47:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Nov-1971","startTime":"2:30 PM","endDate":"1-Nov-1971","endTime":"2:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 2:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-055 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 013-055\n\nDate: November 1, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:30 pm and 2:47 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 302-30]\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["013-055.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:04:01","tapeEnd":"02:04:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"013-054","nextCode":"013-056","transcript":[{"start":2.63,"end":4.63,"text":"Mr. Ziegler, please."},{"start":4.65,"end":5.26,"text":"Mr. Ziegler."},{"start":5.34,"end":6.85,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange through the White House operator to be connected with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The call serves as a logistical administrative request to facilitate direct communication with a key staff member. No policy matters or substantive discussions occur during this brief operational contact.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Administrative communications","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:46:59.880Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","administrative-communications","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"013-055.mp3","bytes":183692,"durationSec":7.59,"bitrate":193630,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.408Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/013-055.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-055","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/13/conversation-013-055","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}