{"conversationCode":"046-020","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-020","startDateTime":"1973-05-14T01:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-14T02:04:00.000Z","startDate":"13-May-1973","startTime":"9:54 PM","endDate":"13-May-1973","endTime":"10:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:54 pm and 10:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-020 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. 46-20\n\nDate: May 13, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:54 pm and 10:04 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["046-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-019","nextCode":"046-021","transcript":[{"start":0.5,"end":3.06,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.26,"end":6.63,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation served solely as a brief administrative request to facilitate direct communication with his staff. No further substantive policy matters or tactical decisions were discussed during this short exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Press Secretary","Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:22:29.982Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","press-secretary","communication"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-020.mp3","bytes":370688,"durationSec":11.47,"bitrate":258619,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}