{"conversationCode":"023-073","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":73,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-073","startDateTime":"1972-04-25T21:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-25T21:26:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Apr-1972","startTime":"4:24 PM","endDate":"25-Apr-1972","endTime":"4:26 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 4:24 pm and 4:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-073 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. 23-73\n\nDate: April 25, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:24 and 4:26 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 334-5]\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler\n         -Return call","filename":["023-073.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"023-072","nextCode":"023-074","transcript":[{"start":3.29,"end":4.42,"text":"Get Mr. Ziegler."},{"start":4.48,"end":6.65,"text":"If he's briefing, tell him to call me when he finishes."},{"start":6.81,"end":7.17,"text":"Yes, Mr. Ziegler."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request an urgent return call from Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The President specified that if Ziegler was currently conducting a press briefing, he should be instructed to call the President immediately upon its conclusion. This brief exchange served solely to facilitate a direct line of communication between the President and his press secretary.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Communication","Press briefings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:38:21.360Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","communication","press-briefings"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-073.mp3","bytes":208769,"durationSec":8.63,"bitrate":193637,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.839Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-073.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-073","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-073","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}