{"conversationCode":"046-073","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":73,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-073","startDateTime":"1973-05-16T03:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-16T03:37:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"11:37 PM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"11:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On May 15, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 11:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-073 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. 46-73\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: 11:37 pm\n\f                                                  -43-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n      Ronald L. Ziegler’s location","filename":["046-073.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"046-072","nextCode":"046-074","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":1.33,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.44,"end":3.04,"text":"Sir, apparently he's en route home."},{"start":3.1,"end":5.57,"text":"I just called his residence and he has left the office."},{"start":6.29,"end":7.23,"text":"May I leave word?"},{"start":7.77,"end":10.15,"text":"Yeah, uh, how long is it?"},{"start":10.28,"end":11.52,"text":"Oh, well, sure, he can call me."},{"start":11.66,"end":15.41,"text":"Okay, thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to determine the whereabouts of Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. Upon learning that Ziegler had already left his office and was heading home, the President requested that a message be left for him to return the call. This brief exchange served primarily to facilitate communication between the President and his senior staff late in the evening.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Communication","White House operations","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:27:23.884Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","communication","white-house-operations","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-073.mp3","bytes":651264,"durationSec":20.27,"bitrate":257077,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.997Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-073.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-073","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-073","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}