{"conversationCode":"022-015","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-015","startDateTime":"1972-03-24T18:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-24T18:17:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Mar-1972","startTime":"1:16 PM","endDate":"24-Mar-1972","endTime":"1:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On March 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:16 pm to 1:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-015 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. 22-15\n\nDate: March 24, 1972\nTime: 1:16 pm - 1:17 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n[See Conversation No. 326-18]\n\n     The President’s forthcoming press conference\n          -Ziegler’s forthcoming meeting with the President\n               -Last minute details","filename":["022-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:51:57","tapeEnd":"00:52:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"022-014","nextCode":"022-016","transcript":[{"start":1.3,"end":1.76,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2,"end":3.2,"text":"Mr. Ziegler."},{"start":3.22,"end":3.74,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4.02,"end":4.38,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5.43,"end":5.77,"text":"Hi, Ron."},{"start":5.79,"end":6.67,"text":"You want to come over?"},{"start":6.69,"end":9.74,"text":"I'll go over the last-minute questions with you."},{"start":9.76,"end":9.96,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":10.3,"end":11,"text":"Be right there."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler coordinate a brief meeting to finalize preparations for an upcoming presidential press conference. The discussion focuses on reviewing last-minute questions and potential talking points to ensure the President is adequately briefed. Ziegler confirms his immediate availability to join Nixon for these final deliberations.","topics":["Press conference","Media relations","Ronald Ziegler","Presidential briefing"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:18:27.608Z"},"topicSlugs":["press-conference","media-relations","ronald-ziegler","presidential-briefing"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-015.mp3","bytes":284629,"durationSec":11.8,"bitrate":192900,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}