{"conversationCode":"045-163","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":163,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-163","startDateTime":"1973-05-09T00:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-09T02:38:00.000Z","startDate":"8-May-1973","startTime":"8:27 PM","endDate":"8-May-1973","endTime":"10:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 8:27 pm and 10:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-163 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. 45-163\n\nDate: May 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:27 pm and 10:38 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n\f                                              -103-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 45-163 (cont’d)\n\n           -Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["045-163.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-162","nextCode":"045-164","transcript":[{"start":0.5,"end":3.2,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.73,"end":4.88,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief administrative call to the White House operator to facilitate a connection with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The interaction serves solely as a logistical request to place a telephone call to Ziegler. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House administration","Ronald L. Ziegler","Communication logistics","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:15:17.128Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","ronald-l-ziegler","communication-logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-163.mp3","bytes":393216,"durationSec":12.16,"bitrate":258694,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.631Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-163.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-163","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-163","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}