{"conversationCode":"042-036","tapeNumber":42,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-042-036","startDateTime":"1971-04-14T19:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-14T20:05:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Apr-1971","startTime":"2:13 PM","endDate":"14-Apr-1971","endTime":"3:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 3:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-036 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 42-36\n\nDate: April 14, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:13 pm and 3:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 248-7]\n\n     Call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["042-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:40:03","tapeEnd":"00:40:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"042-035","nextCode":"042-037","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.05,"text":"Yes please."},{"start":1.07,"end":1.87,"text":"Sue Zegler please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation was purely administrative, serving as the bridge to connect the President with his press office. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","Administrative task"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:17:22.962Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","administrative-task"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"042-036.mp3","bytes":40960,"durationSec":2.96,"bitrate":110518,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/042-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/42/conversation-042-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}