{"conversationCode":"046-091","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":91,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-091","startDateTime":"1973-05-17T17:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-17T17:32:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1973","startTime":"1:27 PM","endDate":"17-May-1973","endTime":"1:32 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:27 pm and 1:32 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-091 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. 46-91\n\nDate: May 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:27 pm and 1:32 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 438-3]\n\f                                               -55-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n     Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["046-091.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-090","nextCode":"046-092","transcript":[{"start":3.37,"end":4.61,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a call through the White House operator to connect with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation served as a brief administrative bridge intended to facilitate direct communication between the President and his primary spokesperson. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Press Secretary","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:29:02.599Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","press-secretary","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-091.mp3","bytes":337920,"durationSec":10.43,"bitrate":259273,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-091.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-091","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-091","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}