{"conversationCode":"046-042","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-042","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T01:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T01:15:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1973","startTime":"9:12 PM","endDate":"14-May-1973","endTime":"9:15 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 9:12 pm and 9:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-042 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. 46-42\n\nDate: May 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:12 pm and 9:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\f                                               -25-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n     Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["046-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-041","nextCode":"046-043","transcript":[{"start":0.69,"end":5.74,"text":"Please."},{"start":5.76,"end":5.96,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction serves solely as a logistical bridge to facilitate official communication between the President and his primary spokesperson. No further substantive policy matters are addressed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Press communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:24:33.229Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","press-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-042.mp3","bytes":348160,"durationSec":10.79,"bitrate":258215,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.993Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}