{"conversationCode":"039-052","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":52,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-052","startDateTime":"1973-06-04T01:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-04T01:46:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jun-1973","startTime":"9:45 PM","endDate":"3-Jun-1973","endTime":"9:46 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 9:45 pm and 9:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-052 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. 39-52\n\nDate: June 3, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:45 pm and 9:46 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":["039-052.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-051","nextCode":"039-053","transcript":[{"start":0.42,"end":3.38,"text":"Yes, please?"},{"start":3.4,"end":4.69,"text":"Mr. Zeigler again, please."},{"start":4.71,"end":5.54,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request through the White House operator to be connected with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation was purely administrative, serving as a directive to re-establish contact with Ziegler. No substantive policy matters or further developments were discussed during this short exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Administration logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:47:20.841Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","administration-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-052.mp3","bytes":382976,"durationSec":11.87,"bitrate":258186,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-052.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-052","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-052","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}