{"conversationCode":"044-042","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-042","startDateTime":"1973-03-28T16:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-28T17:28:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Mar-1973","startTime":"11:09 AM","endDate":"28-Mar-1973","endTime":"12:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 12:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-042 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. 044-042\n\nDate: March 28, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:09 am and 12:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 425-4]\n\n       Call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["044-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-041","nextCode":"044-043","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":4.62,"text":"Ron Zegler, please."},{"start":4.64,"end":5.67,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation serves solely as a brief administrative request to facilitate communication with his primary spokesperson. No further policy or strategic matters are addressed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:48:06.017Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-042.mp3","bytes":319488,"durationSec":7.91,"bitrate":323065,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.247Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}