{"conversationCode":"036-088","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":88,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-088","startDateTime":"1973-01-23T23:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-23T23:38:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jan-1973","startTime":"6:36 PM","endDate":"23-Jan-1973","endTime":"6:38 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 6:36 pm and 6:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-088 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. 36-88\n\nDate: January 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:36 pm and 6:38 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\f                                               -54-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                        (rev. Jul-08)\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 36-88 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 407-18A]\n\n       Request for a telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["036-088.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-087","nextCode":"036-089","transcript":[{"start":1.67,"end":4.91,"text":"That's all we have to make."},{"start":7,"end":7.36,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief communication with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The exchange served as a routine procedural request to connect the President with his key staff member. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","administrative support","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:03:25.958Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","administrative-support","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-088.mp3","bytes":345078,"durationSec":14.25,"bitrate":193682,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-088.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-088","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-088","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}