{"conversationCode":"040-113","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":113,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-113","startDateTime":"1973-06-14T20:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-14T20:13:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Jun-1973","startTime":"4:12 PM","endDate":"14-Jun-1973","endTime":"4:13 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On June 14, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:12 pm to 4:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-113 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. 40-113\n\nDate: June 14, 1973\nTime: 4:12 pm - 4:13 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\f                                                -93-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n[See also Conversation No. 446-5]\n\n      Ronald L. Ziegler’s schedule\n           -Press briefing\n                 -Henry A. Kissinger\n\n      Meeting with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.","filename":["040-113.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"040-112","nextCode":"040-114","transcript":[{"start":1.03,"end":3.11,"text":"Yes, Mr. President?"},{"start":3.13,"end":3.45,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.47,"end":5.76,"text":"Mr. Ziegler is briefing with Dr. Kissinger."},{"start":5.8,"end":7.53,"text":"When he's finished, he can talk."},{"start":7.57,"end":8.19,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":9.65,"end":11.96,"text":"You could have Mr. Bazaar step in, please."},{"start":12.02,"end":12.54,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":12.56,"end":15.19,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to coordinate his upcoming schedule and staff interactions. He requested that press secretary Ronald Ziegler report to him following a briefing with Henry Kissinger. Additionally, Nixon directed that J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. be brought in for a meeting.","topics":["Ronald Ziegler","Henry Kissinger","J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.","Presidential scheduling","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:06:43.592Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-ziegler","henry-kissinger","j-fred-buzhardt-jr","presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-113.mp3","bytes":645120,"durationSec":20.01,"bitrate":257876,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.137Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-113.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-113","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-113","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}