{"conversationCode":"039-036","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-036","startDateTime":"1973-06-03T20:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-03T22:07:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jun-1973","startTime":"4:14 PM","endDate":"3-Jun-1973","endTime":"6:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:14 pm and 6:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-036 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 39-36\n\nDate: June 3, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:14 pm and 6:07 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler\n\f                                               -31-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                     (rev. February-2011)","filename":["039-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-035","nextCode":"039-037","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":4.09,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.11,"end":4.81,"text":"Mr. Ziegler, please."},{"start":4.97,"end":7.21,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to connect him with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation serves strictly as an administrative directive to establish communication with his staff. No further substantive policy matters or tactical decisions are recorded during this exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","Presidential staff","administrative operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:45:49.511Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","presidential-staff","administrative-operations"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-036.mp3","bytes":299008,"durationSec":9.23,"bitrate":259255,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}