{"conversationCode":"046-172","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":172,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-172","startDateTime":"1973-05-23T19:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-23T19:58:00.000Z","startDate":"23-May-1973","startTime":"3:39 PM","endDate":"23-May-1973","endTime":"3:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:39 pm and 3:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-172 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. 46-172\n\nDate: May 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:39 pm and 3:58 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 439-45]\n\n     Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["046-172.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"046-171","nextCode":"046-173","transcript":[{"start":3.49,"end":4.57,"text":"Ron Segler, please."},{"start":4.75,"end":5.99,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction serves as a functional step to facilitate official communication between the President and his top spokesperson. No further policy or substantive matters were discussed during this specific transmission.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:36:29.680Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-172.mp3","bytes":430080,"durationSec":13.33,"bitrate":258048,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-172.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-172","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-172","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}