{"conversationCode":"045-122","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":122,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-122","startDateTime":"1973-05-02T03:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-02T03:24:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"11:16 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"11:24 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:16 pm and 11:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-122 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. 45-122\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:16 pm and 11:24 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["045-122.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-121","nextCode":"045-123","transcript":[{"start":3.95,"end":4.93,"text":"Ron Ziegler, please."},{"start":4.95,"end":9.03,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to connect him with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The call serves as a logistical communication to facilitate direct contact between the President and his key communications advisor during a period of significant political pressure. No further dialogue is recorded beyond this request for a line transfer.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","Presidential staff","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:11:29.183Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","presidential-staff","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-122.mp3","bytes":444416,"durationSec":13.81,"bitrate":257383,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-122.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-122","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-122","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}