{"conversationCode":"036-039","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-039","startDateTime":"1973-01-22T15:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-22T15:27:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jan-1973","startTime":"10:26 AM","endDate":"22-Jan-1973","endTime":"10:27 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On January 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 10:26 am to 10:27 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-039 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 36-39\n\nDate: January 22, 1973\nTime: 10:26 am - 10:27 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 399-11B]\n\n       -The President's schedule\n            -Cease-fire announcement","filename":["036-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"036-038","nextCode":"036-040","transcript":[{"start":2.77,"end":7.27,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":7.29,"end":7.61,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":8.41,"end":18.96,"text":"Just one thing, although we usually, I know, just say that we're going, the President will make an announcement tomorrow for a special, for reasons that I wasn't going to go into with you."},{"start":20.17,"end":22.89,"text":"If we go forward tomorrow, you are to request the time."},{"start":23.57,"end":23.85,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":23.87,"end":24.49,"text":"You got the message?"},{"start":24.67,"end":26.39,"text":"Yes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler to secure airtime for an upcoming presidential address regarding a special announcement. The discussion centers on the protocol for scheduling the broadcast, which concerns the impending cease-fire announcement. Nixon emphasizes the importance of following his instructions to request the necessary time slots for the following day.","topics":["Cease-fire","Vietnam War","Press relations","Presidential address","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:58:41.960Z"},"topicSlugs":["cease-fire","vietnam-war","press-relations","presidential-address","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-039.mp3","bytes":755064,"durationSec":31.35,"bitrate":192700,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}