{"conversationCode":"024-159","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":159,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-159","startDateTime":"1972-05-19T17:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-19T19:20:00.000Z","startDate":"19-May-1972","startTime":"1:58 PM","endDate":"19-May-1972","endTime":"3:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 3:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-159 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. 24-159\n\nDate: May 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:58 pm and 3:20 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 339-28]\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["024-159.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:59:27","tapeEnd":"03:59:33","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"024-158","nextCode":"024-160","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.81,"text":"Ziglar."},{"start":3.58,"end":3.8,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief administrative exchange served solely to bridge the communication to a senior staff member for further discussion. No policy matters or substantive political topics were addressed during this initial operator interaction.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","administrative logistics","executive scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:01:34.817Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","administrative-logistics","executive-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-159.mp3","bytes":131029,"durationSec":5.39,"bitrate":194424,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-159.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-159","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-159","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}