{"conversationCode":"020-053","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":53,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-053","startDateTime":"1972-02-07T21:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-08T01:52:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Feb-1972","startTime":"4:53 PM","endDate":"7-Feb-1972","endTime":"8:52 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 8:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-053 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 20-53\n\nDate: February 7, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:53 pm and 8:52 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["020-053.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:02:54","tapeEnd":"02:03:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-052","nextCode":"020-054","transcript":[{"start":2.31,"end":2.68,"text":"Ziegler?"},{"start":3.11,"end":3.46,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate a direct conversation between the President and his top spokesperson. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this request.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential communication","Press Secretary"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:56:32.054Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","press-secretary"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-053.mp3","bytes":140433,"durationSec":5.8,"bitrate":193803,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.225Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-053.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-053","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-053","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}