{"conversationCode":"036-082","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":82,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-082","startDateTime":"1973-01-23T18:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-23T18:43:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jan-1973","startTime":"1:40 PM","endDate":"23-Jan-1973","endTime":"1:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 1:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-082 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. 36-82\n\nDate: January 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:40 pm and 1:43 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 404-17]\n\n       Request for a telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["036-082.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-081","nextCode":"036-083","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":1.2,"text":"Ziegler, please."},{"start":1.43,"end":2.77,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served solely to facilitate this communication channel between the President and his top spokesperson. No further policy or strategic discussions took place during this exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:02:51.714Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-082.mp3","bytes":249156,"durationSec":10.25,"bitrate":194400,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-082.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-082","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-082","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}