{"conversationCode":"040-078","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":78,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-078","startDateTime":"1973-06-13T19:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-13T19:41:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Jun-1973","startTime":"3:41 PM","endDate":"13-Jun-1973","endTime":"3:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 3:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-078 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. 40-78\n\nDate: June 13, 1973\nTime: 3:41 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 445-21]\n\n     Meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["040-078.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-077","nextCode":"040-079","transcript":[{"start":3.61,"end":5.36,"text":"Mr. Ziegler, come over, please."},{"start":5.38,"end":6.13,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructs the White House operator to summon Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler to his office. The brief exchange serves as a direct directive to facilitate an immediate meeting between the President and his top spokesperson. No further policy or strategic details are discussed during this administrative call.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Scheduling","Press relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:03:24.179Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","scheduling","press-relations"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-078.mp3","bytes":440320,"durationSec":13.61,"bitrate":258758,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-078.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-078","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-078","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}