{"conversationCode":"023-119","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":119,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-119","startDateTime":"1972-05-02T21:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-02T21:35:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1972","startTime":"5:30 PM","endDate":"2-May-1972","endTime":"5:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 5:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-119 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. 23-119\n\nDate: May 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:30 and 5:35 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 334-36H]\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["023-119.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"023-118","nextCode":"023-120","transcript":[{"start":2.02,"end":3.9,"text":"Mr. Ziegler, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent connection with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief exchange served as a logistical step to initiate a direct line of communication between the President and his primary spokesperson. The call confirms the President's immediate need for coordination regarding ongoing administrative affairs or press messaging.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Communication protocols","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:42:34.744Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","communication-protocols","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-119.mp3","bytes":115982,"durationSec":4.77,"bitrate":194574,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.839Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-119.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-119","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-119","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}