{"conversationCode":"045-159","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":159,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-159","startDateTime":"1973-05-08T22:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-08T22:51:00.000Z","startDate":"8-May-1973","startTime":"6:51 PM","endDate":"8-May-1973","endTime":"6:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-159 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. 45-159\n\nDate: May 8, 1973\nTime: 6:51 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 433-69]\n\n     Telephone call from Ronald L. Ziegler\n          -Meeting at the Blair House","filename":["045-159.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-158","nextCode":"045-160","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":5.89,"text":"Operator, I think Mr. Ziegler's in a meeting at Blair House."},{"start":5.91,"end":10.66,"text":"I don't want him called up, but when he returns to a phone, he can call me at his convenience."},{"start":10.68,"end":12.59,"text":"All right, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator facilitate a callback from Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The President specified that Ziegler should not be interrupted during his ongoing meeting at Blair House, but should return the call at his earliest convenience. This interaction served to coordinate a private communication between the President and his Press Secretary.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","Blair House","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:14:54.295Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","blair-house","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-159.mp3","bytes":643072,"durationSec":20,"bitrate":257228,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-159.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-159","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-159","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}