{"conversationCode":"040-047","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":47,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-047","startDateTime":"1973-06-13T02:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-13T02:57:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Jun-1973","startTime":"10:57 PM","endDate":"12-Jun-1973","endTime":"10:57 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On June 12, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 10:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-047 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. 40-47\n\nDate: June 12, 1973\nTime: 10:57 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Ronald L. Ziegler’s location\n\n     Telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["040-047.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"040-046","nextCode":"040-048","transcript":[{"start":1.67,"end":4.55,"text":"He's in route home at any minute."},{"start":4.79,"end":6.94,"text":"And he can call me back and get General Hagen."},{"start":6.96,"end":7.42,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon utilized the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Chief of Staff, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The primary purpose of the call was to locate Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler, who was reportedly en route home. Nixon directed the operator to ensure that Haig returned the call immediately upon receiving the message.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:00:25.899Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-047.mp3","bytes":466944,"durationSec":14.47,"bitrate":258217,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-047.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-047","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-047","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}