{"conversationCode":"044-011","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-011","startDateTime":"1973-03-22T19:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-22T20:28:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Mar-1973","startTime":"2:26 PM","endDate":"22-Mar-1973","endTime":"3:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Dean, John W., III; White House operator;","description":"On March 22, 1973, John W. Dean, III and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:26 pm and 3:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-011 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 044-011\n\nDate: March 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:26 pm and 3:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nJohn W. Dean, III talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["044-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Dean, John W., III","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-010","nextCode":"044-012","transcript":[{"start":2.17,"end":5.32,"text":"Would you ring Ron Ziegler for me?"},{"start":5.34,"end":7.49,"text":"Yes, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"John W. Dean III requested that the White House operator connect him to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served as a logistical attempt to initiate communication between Dean and Ziegler during the heightened period of the Watergate scandal. No substantive policy matters or tactical decisions were discussed during this request for a connection.","topics":["John W. Dean III","Ronald L. Ziegler","Watergate scandal","White House communications","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:45:12.883Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-w-dean-iii","ronald-l-ziegler","watergate-scandal","white-house-communications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-011.mp3","bytes":305152,"durationSec":7.54,"bitrate":323799,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}