{"conversationCode":"040-112","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":112,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-112","startDateTime":"1973-06-14T20:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-14T20:12:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Jun-1973","startTime":"4:10 PM","endDate":"14-Jun-1973","endTime":"4:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-112 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. 40-112\n\nDate: June 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:10 pm and 4:12 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 446-4]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["040-112.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-111","nextCode":"040-113","transcript":[{"start":4.43,"end":4.95,"text":"Please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation serves solely as a logistical bridge to facilitate this communication with his staff. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Ronald L. Ziegler","Communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:06:38.102Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","ronald-l-ziegler","communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-112.mp3","bytes":423936,"durationSec":13.15,"bitrate":257973,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-112.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-112","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-112","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}