{"conversationCode":"045-175","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":175,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-175","startDateTime":"1973-05-09T21:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-09T22:03:00.000Z","startDate":"9-May-1973","startTime":"5:05 PM","endDate":"9-May-1973","endTime":"6:03 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 5:05 pm and 6:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-175 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. 45-175\n\nDate: May 9, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:05 pm and 6:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 434-2]\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["045-175.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"045-174","nextCode":"045-176","transcript":[{"start":2.54,"end":3.47,"text":"Ron Ziegler, please."},{"start":3.49,"end":6.41,"text":"Yes sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to speak with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The call serves as a brief logistical communication facilitated by the White House operator to connect the President with his primary spokesperson. No further policy discussion or substantive developments occur during this brief exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","Presidential staff","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:16:22.478Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","presidential-staff","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-175.mp3","bytes":366592,"durationSec":11.32,"bitrate":259075,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-175.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-175","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-175","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}