{"conversationCode":"046-064","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":64,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-064","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T19:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T20:19:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"3:51 PM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"4:19 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:51 pm and 4:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-064 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. 46-64\n\f                                               -38-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:51 pm and 4:19 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 435-33]\n\n      Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["046-064.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-063","nextCode":"046-065","transcript":[{"start":0.42,"end":2.79,"text":"Please."},{"start":2.81,"end":7.9,"text":"Ron Ziegler, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction serves as a functional request to establish communication with a key staff member. No substantive political or policy discussions occur during this short exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Press Secretary","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:26:33.951Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","press-secretary","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-064.mp3","bytes":411648,"durationSec":12.75,"bitrate":258356,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.996Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-064.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-064","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-064","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}