{"conversationCode":"036-090","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":90,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-090","startDateTime":"1973-01-23T23:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-24T03:44:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jan-1973","startTime":"6:40 PM","endDate":"23-Jan-1973","endTime":"10:44 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 6:40 pm and 10:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-090 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. 36-90\n\nDate: January 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:40 pm and 10:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\f                                             -55-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                               Conversation No. 36-90 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a telephone call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.","filename":["036-090.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-089","nextCode":"036-091","transcript":[{"start":2.87,"end":4.48,"text":"Ray Price, please."},{"start":4.54,"end":6.78,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacts the White House operator to place an outgoing call to speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. This brief interaction serves as a routine administrative request to facilitate direct communication with a senior advisor. No substantive policy matters or decisions are discussed beyond the initiation of the connection.","topics":["Raymond K. Price, Jr.","White House communications","administrative request","speechwriting"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:03:38.134Z"},"topicSlugs":["raymond-k-price-jr","white-house-communications","administrative-request","speechwriting"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-090.mp3","bytes":281759,"durationSec":11.6,"bitrate":194316,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.777Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-090.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-090","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-090","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}