{"conversationCode":"046-110","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":110,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-110","startDateTime":"1973-05-18T00:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-18T00:07:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1973","startTime":"8:04 PM","endDate":"17-May-1973","endTime":"8:07 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 8:04 pm and 8:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-110 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. 46-110\n\nDate: May 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:04 pm and 8:07 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n      Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["046-110.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-109","nextCode":"046-111","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":4.59,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call through the White House operator to reach Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation serves as a brief logistical bridge to establish direct communication with his primary spokesperson during the escalating Watergate crisis. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded in this short exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","Watergate","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:30:48.232Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","watergate","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-110.mp3","bytes":333824,"durationSec":10.31,"bitrate":259113,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-110.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-110","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-110","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}