{"conversationCode":"046-165","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":165,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-165","startDateTime":"1973-05-23T00:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-23T00:28:00.000Z","startDate":"22-May-1973","startTime":"8:09 PM","endDate":"22-May-1973","endTime":"8:28 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 8:09 pm and 8:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-165 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. 46-165\n\nDate: May 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:09 pm and 8:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["046-165.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-164","nextCode":"046-166","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":3.98,"text":"Please."},{"start":5.31,"end":6.03,"text":"Mr. Ziegler, please."},{"start":6.05,"end":8.76,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a routine administrative request through the White House operator to be connected with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction serves solely as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication with a key staff member. No substantive policy matters or political strategy discussions occur during this short call.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Administrative communication","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:35:51.118Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","administrative-communication","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-165.mp3","bytes":440320,"durationSec":13.64,"bitrate":258252,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-165.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-165","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-165","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}