{"conversationCode":"046-072","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":72,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-072","startDateTime":"1973-05-16T03:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-16T03:37:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"11:08 PM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"11:37 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 11:08 pm and 11:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-072 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. 46-72\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:08 pm and 11:37 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["046-072.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-071","nextCode":"046-073","transcript":[{"start":6.34,"end":8.58,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":8.6,"end":9.32,"text":"Mr. Sittler, please."},{"start":9.61,"end":12.08,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call through the White House operator to reach Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate a conversation with his primary spokesperson during a period of intense scrutiny regarding the Watergate scandal. No policy decisions or substantive discussions occur between the President and the operator.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Press Secretary","Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:27:18.551Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","press-secretary","communications"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-072.mp3","bytes":577536,"durationSec":17.96,"bitrate":257254,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-072.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-072","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-072","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}