{"conversationCode":"041-068","tapeNumber":41,"conversationNumber":68,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-041-068","startDateTime":"1973-07-13T00:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-07-13T00:33:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Jul-1973","startTime":"8:33 PM","endDate":"12-Jul-1973","endTime":"8:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-068 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. 41-68\n\nDate: July 12, 1973\nTime: 8:33 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for meeting\n            -Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["041-068.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"041-067","nextCode":"041-069","transcript":[{"start":0.66,"end":2.95,"text":"Don't worry about it, sir."},{"start":2.97,"end":3.59,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.61,"end":4.64,"text":"Ziegler, come in, please."},{"start":5.21,"end":6.94,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to issue a formal request for Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler to join him. This brief exchange served to facilitate an immediate, private meeting between the President and his top spokesperson. No further policy or strategic details were addressed during the brief connection.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential scheduling","Staff communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:13:52.222Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling","staff-communication"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"041-068.mp3","bytes":380928,"durationSec":11.83,"bitrate":257673,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.407Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/041-068.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/041-068","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/41/conversation-041-068","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}