{"conversationCode":"036-085","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":85,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-085","startDateTime":"1973-01-23T19:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-23T21:09:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jan-1973","startTime":"2:30 PM","endDate":"23-Jan-1973","endTime":"4:09 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 2:30 pm and 4:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-085 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. 36-85\n\nDate: January 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:30 pm and 4:09 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 407-3]\n\n       -Request for a telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler\n\f                                               -53-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["036-085.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-084","nextCode":"036-086","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":3.53,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.56,"end":4.84,"text":"Mr. Ziegler, please."},{"start":4.87,"end":5.25,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his senior aide. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief request.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","White House operator"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:03:08.846Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","white-house-operator"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-085.mp3","bytes":305581,"durationSec":12.61,"bitrate":193814,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.776Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-085.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-085","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-085","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}