{"conversationCode":"046-087","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":87,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-087","startDateTime":"1973-05-17T01:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-17T01:53:00.000Z","startDate":"16-May-1973","startTime":"9:33 PM","endDate":"16-May-1973","endTime":"9:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:33 pm and 9:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-087 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. 46-87\n\nDate: May 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:33 pm and 9:53 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["046-087.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-086","nextCode":"046-088","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":4.46,"text":"Ron Ziegler please."},{"start":4.48,"end":5.67,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief administrative exchange served as the precursor to a subsequent discussion between the President and his top spokesperson. No substantive policy matters or decisions were finalized during this specific interaction.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","Presidential staff","Press Secretary"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:28:40.410Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","presidential-staff","press-secretary"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-087.mp3","bytes":370688,"durationSec":11.47,"bitrate":258619,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-087.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-087","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-087","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}