{"conversationCode":"040-089","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":89,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-089","startDateTime":"1973-06-14T01:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-14T02:01:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Jun-1973","startTime":"9:57 PM","endDate":"13-Jun-1973","endTime":"10:01 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 9:57 pm and 10:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-089 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. 40-89\n\nDate: June 13, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:57 pm and 10:01 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked to the White House operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Ronald L. Ziegler\n\f                                               -74-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["040-089.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-088","nextCode":"040-090","transcript":[{"start":3.68,"end":5.13,"text":"On signal, please."},{"start":5.15,"end":5.72,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and his top spokesperson. No further policy or substantive matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Press relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:04:28.286Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","press-relations"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-089.mp3","bytes":417792,"durationSec":12.95,"bitrate":258161,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.134Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-089.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-089","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-089","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}