{"conversationCode":"046-161","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":161,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-161","startDateTime":"1973-05-22T23:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-23T00:03:00.000Z","startDate":"22-May-1973","startTime":"7:09 PM","endDate":"22-May-1973","endTime":"8:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:09 pm and 8:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-161 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. 46-161\n\nDate: May 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:09 pm and 8:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler\n\f                                               -96-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["046-161.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-160","nextCode":"046-162","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":2.28,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.3,"end":3.14,"text":"One second, please."},{"start":3.16,"end":8.51,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation served as a brief administrative coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and his top spokesperson. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential communications","Press relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:35:29.129Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","press-relations"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-161.mp3","bytes":428032,"durationSec":13.28,"bitrate":257850,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:45.007Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-161.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-161","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-161","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}