{"conversationCode":"046-038","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":38,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-038","startDateTime":"1973-05-14T23:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T00:15:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1973","startTime":"7:27 PM","endDate":"14-May-1973","endTime":"8:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:27 pm and 8:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-038 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. 46-38\n\nDate: May 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:27 pm and 8:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 436-15E]\n\n     Telephone call to Leonard Garment\n\f                                             -23-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["046-038.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-037","nextCode":"046-039","transcript":[{"start":4.66,"end":6.8,"text":"Operator, Mr. Garment, I think it's the dinner."},{"start":6.86,"end":9.11,"text":"Would you get him, please?"},{"start":9.21,"end":11.65,"text":"Mr. Ziegler wants to talk to him and tell him it's urgent."},{"start":11.67,"end":14.58,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place an urgent call to Leonard Garment. The President specifically requests that Press Secretary Ron Ziegler be connected to the conversation as well. This exchange facilitates communication regarding arrangements for an upcoming dinner.","topics":["Leonard Garment","Ron Ziegler","White House operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:24:11.273Z"},"topicSlugs":["leonard-garment","ron-ziegler","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-038.mp3","bytes":624640,"durationSec":19.39,"bitrate":257760,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.992Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-038.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-038","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-038","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}