{"conversationCode":"045-152","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":152,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-152","startDateTime":"1973-05-03T00:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-03T01:03:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1973","startTime":"8:52 PM","endDate":"2-May-1973","endTime":"9:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On May 2, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:52 pm and 9:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-152 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. 45-152\n\nDate: May 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:52 pm and 9:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Ronald L. Ziegler’s location\n          -American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE] dinner\n                -Kennedy Center","filename":["045-152.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"045-151","nextCode":"045-153","transcript":[{"start":0.72,"end":7.89,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Ziegler is at the Kennedy Center at the press dinner there, and we've been trying to reach you."},{"start":7.99,"end":8.65,"text":"All right."},{"start":8.67,"end":9.36,"text":"I'll let it go."},{"start":9.38,"end":9.86,"text":"All right."},{"start":9.96,"end":11.43,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"The White House operator contacted President Nixon to facilitate communication with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. Ziegler was attending an American Society of Newspaper Editors dinner at the Kennedy Center. The operator ultimately decided not to patch the call through to the President after verifying the logistical situation.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Press relations","American Society of Newspaper Editors","Kennedy Center","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:14:14.869Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","press-relations","american-society-of-newspaper-editors","kennedy-center","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-152.mp3","bytes":573440,"durationSec":17.79,"bitrate":257919,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.407Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-152.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-152","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-152","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}