{"conversationCode":"045-067","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":67,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-067","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T03:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T03:30:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Apr-1973","startTime":"11:30 PM","endDate":"30-Apr-1973","endTime":"11:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On April 30, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 11:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-067 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. 45-67\n\nDate: April 30, 1973\nTime: 11:30 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Ronald L. Ziegler’s location","filename":["045-067.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"045-066","nextCode":"045-068","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":2.08,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.1,"end":4.45,"text":"Yes, Mr. Ziegler's en route home, sir."},{"start":4.49,"end":5.95,"text":"Shall I leave word at the residence?"},{"start":6.13,"end":6.92,"text":"Have him call me."},{"start":6.93,"end":8.42,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to have Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler contact him immediately upon arriving home. The exchange reflects an urgent late-night effort to reach Ziegler following the high-stakes political developments of the day. This directive underscores the President's immediate need for consultation with his primary spokesperson during a period of intense administration crisis.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","Crisis management","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:06:25.975Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","crisis-management","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-067.mp3","bytes":444416,"durationSec":13.81,"bitrate":257383,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.407Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-067.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-067","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-067","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}