{"conversationCode":"045-019","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-019","startDateTime":"1973-04-26T23:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-26T23:49:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Apr-1973","startTime":"6:37 PM","endDate":"26-Apr-1973","endTime":"6:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 26, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:37 pm and 6:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-019 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. 45-19\n\nDate: April 26, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:37 pm and 6:49 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 431-9K]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Ronald L. Ziegler\n\f                                               -14-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["045-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-018","nextCode":"045-020","transcript":[{"start":4.15,"end":5,"text":"Mr. Ziegler, please."},{"start":5.2,"end":6.6,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to request a connection with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation serves solely as a logistical bridge to facilitate communication between the President and his staff. No further substantive discussion or policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Staff communication","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:01:47.396Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","staff-communication","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-019.mp3","bytes":389120,"durationSec":12.05,"bitrate":258265,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}