{"conversationCode":"015-137","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":137,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-137","startDateTime":"1971-11-24T16:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-24T16:46:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Nov-1971","startTime":"11:46 AM","endDate":"24-Nov-1971","endTime":"11:46 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:46 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-137 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. 15-137\n\nDate: November 24, 1971\nTime: 11:46 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 624-20A]\n\n     Ronald L. Ziegler\n          -Location","filename":["015-137.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:05:27","tapeEnd":"04:05:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-136","nextCode":"015-138","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":1.43,"text":"Yeah?"},{"start":1.72,"end":3.75,"text":"Mr. President, I found Mr. Ziegler's in a briefing."},{"start":3.77,"end":5.22,"text":"May I leave word, or shall I get him out?"},{"start":5.26,"end":6.19,"text":"No, no, no, let him go."},{"start":6.47,"end":7.54,"text":"Fine, I'll call him later."},{"start":7.56,"end":7.98,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and the White House operator discuss the current location of Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. Upon learning that Ziegler is occupied with a press briefing, the President decides not to interrupt him. Consequently, the call concludes with the operator agreeing to reach out to Ziegler at a later time.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Scheduling","Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:23:37.955Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","scheduling","communications"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-137.mp3","bytes":191842,"durationSec":7.94,"bitrate":193404,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-137.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-137","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-137","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}