{"conversationCode":"040-072","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":72,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-072","startDateTime":"1973-06-13T17:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-13T17:48:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Jun-1973","startTime":"1:46 PM","endDate":"13-Jun-1973","endTime":"1:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 1:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-072 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. 40-72\n\nDate: June 13, 1973\nTime: 1:46 pm - 1:48 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 445-12]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Ronald L. Ziegler\n\f                                               -62-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["040-072.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-071","nextCode":"040-073","transcript":[{"start":2.78,"end":3.92,"text":"Stegler, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to request a connection to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation serves solely as a logistical bridge to facilitate official communication between the President and his senior staff. No further substantive policy matters or decisions are discussed during this short interaction.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential communication","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:02:49.490Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-072.mp3","bytes":368640,"durationSec":11.41,"bitrate":258392,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.407Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.131Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-072.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-072","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-072","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}