{"conversationCode":"046-131","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":131,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-131","startDateTime":"1973-05-21T21:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-21T21:28:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1973","startTime":"5:25 PM","endDate":"21-May-1973","endTime":"5:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 5:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-131 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. 46-131\n\nDate: May 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:25 pm and 5:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 439-25]\n\f                                               -82-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n     Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["046-131.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-130","nextCode":"046-132","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":1.96,"text":"Yes, please?"},{"start":2.04,"end":2.86,"text":"Ron Segret, please."},{"start":2.88,"end":4.51,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.53,"end":6.67,"text":"Ron, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication with his spokesperson. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Communication","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:32:45.215Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","communication","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-131.mp3","bytes":403456,"durationSec":12.47,"bitrate":258902,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:45.004Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-131.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-131","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-131","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}