{"conversationCode":"024-055","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":55,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-055","startDateTime":"1972-05-09T16:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-09T16:27:00.000Z","startDate":"9-May-1972","startTime":"12:13 PM","endDate":"9-May-1972","endTime":"12:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:13 pm and 12:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-055 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. 24-55\n\nDate: May 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:13 pm and 12:27 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 338-26]\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["024-055.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:12:56","tapeEnd":"01:13:02","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"024-054","nextCode":"024-056","transcript":[{"start":2.12,"end":2.81,"text":"Ziegler, please."},{"start":3.38,"end":4.95,"text":"Oh, 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 as a logistical step to facilitate communication between the President and his senior staff. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific transmission.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential communication","Press Secretary"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:52:07.638Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","press-secretary"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-055.mp3","bytes":151718,"durationSec":6.25,"bitrate":194069,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.841Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-055.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-055","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/024/conversation-024-055","catalogNaId":646314426,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/646314426","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}