{"conversationCode":"045-148","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":148,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-148","startDateTime":"1973-05-02T18:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-02T18:29:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1973","startTime":"2:28 PM","endDate":"2-May-1973","endTime":"2:29 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On May 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 2:28 pm to 2:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-148 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. 45-148\n\nDate: May 2, 1973\nTime: 2:28 pm - 2:29 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 432-21]\n\n     Stewart J. O. Alsop’s meeting with Ziegler","filename":["045-148.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"045-147","nextCode":"045-149","transcript":[{"start":0.84,"end":2.15,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.31,"end":3.93,"text":"Did you do your, Stuart, I'll stop?"},{"start":5.12,"end":6.64,"text":"No, I couldn't because I briefed."},{"start":6.72,"end":7.21,"text":"Yeah, fine."},{"start":7.25,"end":9.71,"text":"I thought I'd get together with you later."},{"start":9.73,"end":11.6,"text":"I'll take your time on it."},{"start":11.62,"end":11.72,"text":"Okay."},{"start":11.74,"end":11.86,"text":"Right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler briefly discussed the status of a scheduled meeting between Ziegler and journalist Stewart Alsop. Ziegler informed the President that he had not yet met with Alsop due to his prior obligations conducting press briefings. The two agreed to postpone their discussion regarding the meeting until a later time.","topics":["Stewart Alsop","Press relations","White House communications","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:13:51.726Z"},"topicSlugs":["stewart-alsop","press-relations","white-house-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-148.mp3","bytes":602112,"durationSec":18.72,"bitrate":257312,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-148.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-148","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-148","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}