{"conversationCode":"045-017","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-017","startDateTime":"1973-04-26T23:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-26T23:20:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Apr-1973","startTime":"6:17 PM","endDate":"26-Apr-1973","endTime":"6:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Ehrlichman, John D.; White House operator;","description":"On April 26, 1973, John D. Ehrlichman and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:17 pm and 6:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-017 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 45-17\n\nDate: April 26, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:17 pm and 6:20 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nJohn D. Ehrlichman talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 431-9I]\n\n     Meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler\n\f                                             -13-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["045-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Ehrlichman, John D.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-016","nextCode":"045-018","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":6.41,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":6.45,"end":9.68,"text":"Would you ask Ron Ziegler to come to the president's office in the EOB, please?"},{"start":9.86,"end":11.61,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":11.63,"end":11.83,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"John D. Ehrlichman contacted the White House operator to facilitate a meeting between Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler and President Nixon. The brief communication served to coordinate Ziegler's attendance at the President's office in the Executive Office Building. This logistical interaction underscores the tight internal scheduling during a period of high-level administration activity.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","John D. Ehrlichman","Scheduling","White House operations","Executive Office Building"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:01:36.440Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","john-d-ehrlichman","scheduling","white-house-operations","executive-office-building"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-017.mp3","bytes":575488,"durationSec":17.88,"bitrate":257489,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}