{"conversationCode":"044-031","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-031","startDateTime":"1973-03-27T22:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-27T22:22:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Mar-1973","startTime":"5:20 PM","endDate":"27-Mar-1973","endTime":"5:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:20 pm and 5:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-031 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. 044-031\n\nDate: March 27, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:20 pm and 5:22 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 424-2]\n\n       Call to Ronald L. Ziegler\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["044-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-030","nextCode":"044-032","transcript":[{"start":1.57,"end":5.43,"text":"Mr. Ziegler, please."},{"start":5.45,"end":6.06,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The primary objective of the communication is to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and his chief spokesperson. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occur during this administrative exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","administrative logistics","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:47:03.780Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","administrative-logistics","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-031.mp3","bytes":370688,"durationSec":9.14,"bitrate":324343,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.246Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}