{"conversationCode":"034-127","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":127,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-127","startDateTime":"1972-12-18T18:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-18T18:16:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Dec-1972","startTime":"1:15 PM","endDate":"18-Dec-1972","endTime":"1:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On December 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:15 pm to 1:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-127 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 34-127\n\nDate: December 18, 1972\nTime: 1:15 pm - 1:16 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n[See Conversation No. 381-12]\n\n       Ziegler’s schedule\n\f                                                -102-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 34-127 (cont’d)\n\n             -Briefing\n             -Request for a meeting in the Executive Office Building","filename":["034-127.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"034-126","nextCode":"034-128","transcript":[{"start":1.08,"end":2.76,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":2.78,"end":3.47,"text":"Yes, sir, Mr. President."},{"start":3.97,"end":4.43,"text":"Having lunch?"},{"start":4.97,"end":5.31,"text":"No, sir."},{"start":5.41,"end":6.26,"text":"I just finished briefing."},{"start":6.6,"end":7.1,"text":"Are you on your own?"},{"start":7.12,"end":7.48,"text":"Oh, you finished."},{"start":7.5,"end":7.74,"text":"Fine."},{"start":7.76,"end":8.32,"text":"Oh, you can come over."},{"start":8.35,"end":9.11,"text":"You'll be then."},{"start":9.13,"end":9.49,"text":"Okay, fine."},{"start":9.69,"end":10.09,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler discuss Ziegler’s post-briefing status to coordinate a brief, informal meeting. Nixon invites Ziegler to meet with him at the Executive Office Building following the completion of Ziegler's duties. This brief exchange serves to organize the President’s afternoon schedule and facilitate a direct consultation.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Presidential scheduling","Executive Office Building","White House briefings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:38:13.529Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","presidential-scheduling","executive-office-building","white-house-briefings"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-127.mp3","bytes":381408,"durationSec":15.77,"bitrate":193444,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.155Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-127.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-127","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/034/conversation-034-127","catalogNaId":647841858,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/647841858","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}