{"conversationCode":"040-046","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":46,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-046","startDateTime":"1973-06-13T02:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-13T02:57:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Jun-1973","startTime":"10:18 PM","endDate":"12-Jun-1973","endTime":"10:57 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:18 pm and 10:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-046 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. 40-46\n\nDate: June 12, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:18 pm and 10:57 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n\f                                             -42-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n           -Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["040-046.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-045","nextCode":"040-047","transcript":[{"start":2.68,"end":3.63,"text":"Operator."},{"start":3.65,"end":4.54,"text":"Mrs. Ziegler, please."},{"start":4.91,"end":5.54,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a direct phone call to the home of his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief exchange served as a logistical request for the operator to connect the President with Mrs. Ziegler. No substantive policy matters or further developments were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Communication","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:00:20.120Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","communication","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-046.mp3","bytes":389120,"durationSec":12.04,"bitrate":258551,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.128Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-046.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-046","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-046","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}