{"conversationCode":"023-036","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-036","startDateTime":"1972-04-19T19:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-19T19:17:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Apr-1972","startTime":"2:16 PM","endDate":"19-Apr-1972","endTime":"2:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:16 pm and 2:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-036 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. 23-36\n\nDate: April 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:16 and 2:17 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 331-31]\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["023-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"023-035","nextCode":"023-037","transcript":[{"start":4.45,"end":5.5,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":6.86,"end":7.78,"text":"Mr. Ziegler, please."},{"start":8.05,"end":8.99,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief exchange served solely as an administrative bridge to initiate communication with a key staff member. No policy matters or substantive political issues were addressed during this brief request.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:34:56.692Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-036.mp3","bytes":245759,"durationSec":10.17,"bitrate":193310,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}