{"conversationCode":"043-146","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":146,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-146","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T15:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T16:16:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Feb-1973","startTime":"10:17 AM","endDate":"21-Feb-1973","endTime":"11:16 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:17 am and 11:16 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-146 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 43-146\n\nDate: February 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:17 am and 11:16 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 859-24]\n\n       Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["043-146.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-145","nextCode":"043-147","transcript":[{"start":2.56,"end":8.34,"text":"You can get Mr. Ziegler if he's with the vice president at the moment."},{"start":8.36,"end":11.53,"text":"Just have him step out and take a call from me, please."},{"start":11.54,"end":13.31,"text":"All right."},{"start":13.33,"end":14.45,"text":"He's at the vice president's office."},{"start":14.47,"end":17.18,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. He specified that Ziegler should be asked to step away from a meeting with the Vice President to take the call. This exchange served as a logistical coordination to facilitate an urgent discussion between the President and his press secretary.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Presidential communications","White House operations","Vice President"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:37:18.397Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","presidential-communications","white-house-operations","vice-president"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-146.mp3","bytes":531650,"durationSec":22,"bitrate":193327,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-146.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-146","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-146","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}