{"conversationCode":"045-169","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":169,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-169","startDateTime":"1973-05-09T16:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-09T18:24:00.000Z","startDate":"9-May-1973","startTime":"12:34 PM","endDate":"9-May-1973","endTime":"2:24 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 2:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-169 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. 45-169\n\nDate: May 9, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:34 pm and 2:24 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 432-35]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Ronald L. Ziegler\n\f                                               -109-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["045-169.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-168","nextCode":"045-170","transcript":[{"start":2.07,"end":3.51,"text":"Take care, please."},{"start":3.53,"end":5.23,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication with his senior staffer. No further substantive policy discussions occur during this exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:15:49.897Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-169.mp3","bytes":325632,"durationSec":10.04,"bitrate":259467,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.632Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-169.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-169","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-169","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}