{"conversationCode":"045-037","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":37,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-037","startDateTime":"1973-04-27T23:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-28T01:02:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Apr-1973","startTime":"6:49 PM","endDate":"27-Apr-1973","endTime":"8:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:49 pm and 8:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-037 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. 45-37\n\nDate: April 27, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:49 pm and 8:02 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 906-24A]\n\n     Aborted telephone call\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["045-037.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-036","nextCode":"045-038","transcript":[{"start":6.92,"end":8.15,"text":"Mr. Ziegler, please."},{"start":8.21,"end":11.15,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a telephone call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served as a logistical attempt to initiate communication with a key staff member during the height of the Watergate scandal. The call was ultimately aborted before the connection to Ziegler could be completed.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential communication","Watergate era"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:03:32.192Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","watergate-era"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-037.mp3","bytes":516096,"durationSec":16,"bitrate":258048,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-037.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-037","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-037","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}