{"conversationCode":"039-070","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":70,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-070","startDateTime":"1973-06-04T17:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-04T17:29:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1973","startTime":"1:29 PM","endDate":"4-Jun-1973","endTime":"1:29 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-070 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. 39-70\n\nDate: June 4, 1973\nTime: 1:29 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 442-20]\n\n       Request for telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler\n\f                                               -53-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["039-070.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-069","nextCode":"039-071","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":3,"text":"Mm-hmm."},{"start":3.02,"end":3.83,"text":"Mr. Segbert, please."},{"start":3.85,"end":5.1,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction serves as an administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication with his primary spokesperson. No substantive policy matters are discussed, as the call functions solely to establish a phone link.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","administrative request","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:49:03.810Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","administrative-request","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-070.mp3","bytes":266240,"durationSec":8.23,"bitrate":258904,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.807Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-070.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-070","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-070","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}