{"conversationCode":"036-045","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":45,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-045","startDateTime":"1973-01-22T21:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-22T21:14:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jan-1973","startTime":"4:14 PM","endDate":"22-Jan-1973","endTime":"4:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-045 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. 36-45\n\nDate: January 22, 1973\nTime: 4:14 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 400-11D]\n\n       Request for a telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["036-045.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-044","nextCode":"036-046","transcript":[{"start":0.62,"end":1.77,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.83,"end":2.4,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.21,"end":3.39,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to initiate communication with a key staff member. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this request.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","presidential staff","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:59:15.476Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","presidential-staff","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-045.mp3","bytes":226531,"durationSec":9.32,"bitrate":194447,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-045.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-045","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-045","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}