{"conversationCode":"013-057","tapeNumber":13,"conversationNumber":57,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-013-057","startDateTime":"1971-11-01T19:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-01T20:55:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Nov-1971","startTime":"2:55 PM","endDate":"1-Nov-1971","endTime":"3:55 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 2:55 pm and 3:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-057 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. 013-057\n\nDate: November 1, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:55 pm and 3:55 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 302-32A]\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["013-057.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:06:22","tapeEnd":"02:06:29","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"013-056","nextCode":"013-058","transcript":[{"start":1.2,"end":3.01,"text":"Yes sir, of course."},{"start":3.59,"end":3.73,"text":"Please."},{"start":4.18,"end":4.76,"text":"Ziegler please."},{"start":4.78,"end":5.89,"text":"Thank you Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a direct communication with his Press Secretary. The primary purpose of this brief telephone call was to request that Ronald L. Ziegler be connected to the President. This administrative interaction serves as a routine coordination of White House internal telecommunications.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","administrative protocols","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:47:10.757Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","administrative-protocols","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"013-057.mp3","bytes":150464,"durationSec":6.19,"bitrate":194417,"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/013-057.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-057","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/013/conversation-013-057","catalogNaId":417190329,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417190329","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}