{"conversationCode":"046-040","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-040","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T00:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T01:01:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1973","startTime":"8:20 PM","endDate":"14-May-1973","endTime":"9:01 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 8:20 pm and 9:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-040 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. 46-40\n\nDate: May 14, 1973\n\f                                               -24-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nTime: Unknown between 8:20 pm and 9:01 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 436-18A]\n\n     Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["046-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-039","nextCode":"046-041","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":7.32,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with a key advisor during a period of intense public scrutiny. No further substantive discussion occurred between the President and the operator.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Communications management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:24:22.593Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","communications-management"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-040.mp3","bytes":407552,"durationSec":12.6,"bitrate":258763,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.993Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}