{"conversationCode":"045-145","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":145,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-145","startDateTime":"1973-05-02T16:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-02T18:22:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1973","startTime":"12:59 PM","endDate":"2-May-1973","endTime":"2:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 2:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-145 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. 45-145\n\nDate: May 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:59 pm and 2:22 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 432-18]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["045-145.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-144","nextCode":"045-146","transcript":[{"start":2.33,"end":3.49,"text":"One second, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief administrative exchange served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his top spokesperson. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this connection.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Communication logistics","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:13:35.141Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","communication-logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-145.mp3","bytes":337920,"durationSec":10.44,"bitrate":258942,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-145.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-145","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-145","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}