{"conversationCode":"039-044","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":44,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-044","startDateTime":"1973-06-03T22:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-03T23:06:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jun-1973","startTime":"6:48 PM","endDate":"3-Jun-1973","endTime":"7:06 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 6:48 pm and 7:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-044 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. 39-44\n\nDate: June 3, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:48 pm and 7:06 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["039-044.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-043","nextCode":"039-045","transcript":[{"start":0.76,"end":3.79,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.81,"end":4.28,"text":"Check, please."},{"start":4.48,"end":6.97,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation was strictly administrative, serving solely as a request to initiate communication with a key staff member. No further policy or strategic matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Ronald L. Ziegler","Communication protocols","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:46:35.388Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","ronald-l-ziegler","communication-protocols","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-044.mp3","bytes":380928,"durationSec":11.79,"bitrate":258548,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-044.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-044","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-044","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}