{"conversationCode":"046-093","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":93,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-093","startDateTime":"1973-05-17T17:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-17T17:46:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1973","startTime":"1:33 PM","endDate":"17-May-1973","endTime":"1:46 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 1:33 pm and 1:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-093 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. 46-93\n\nDate: May 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:33 pm and 1:46 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 438-5]\n\n     Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler\n\f                                               -56-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["046-093.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-092","nextCode":"046-094","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":2.88,"text":"Nickler, please."},{"start":2.9,"end":4.37,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The call served as an administrative request to facilitate communication between the President and his senior staff. No further discussion occurred during this brief exchange as the operator acted on the President's directive.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:29:13.456Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-093.mp3","bytes":327680,"durationSec":10.12,"bitrate":259035,"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/046-093.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-093","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-093","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}