{"conversationCode":"023-062","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":62,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-062","startDateTime":"1972-04-25T18:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-25T18:38:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Apr-1972","startTime":"1:33 PM","endDate":"25-Apr-1972","endTime":"1:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 1:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-062 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. 23-62\n\nDate: April 25, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:33 and 1:38 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 332-41]\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["023-062.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"023-061","nextCode":"023-063","transcript":[{"start":2.68,"end":3.55,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.57,"end":4.13,"text":"Ziegler, please."},{"start":5.4,"end":5.48,"text":"Sir?"},{"start":5.5,"end":5.78,"text":"Mr. Ziegler?"},{"start":5.98,"end":6.65,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief exchange served solely as an administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication with a key member of his staff. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this specific transition period.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential communications","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:37:20.677Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-062.mp3","bytes":213158,"durationSec":8.81,"bitrate":193578,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.522Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-062.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-062","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-062","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}