{"conversationCode":"401-029","tapeNumber":401,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-401-029","startDateTime":"1973-01-11T20:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-11T20:20:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jan-1973","startTime":"3:19 PM","endDate":"11-Jan-1973","endTime":"3:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On January 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:19 pm to 3:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 401-029 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 401-29\n\nDate: January 11, 1973\nTime: 3:19 pm - 3:20 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n[See Conversation No. 35-138]\n\f                                               -28-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["401-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"401-028","nextCode":"401-030","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":1.63,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.03,"end":5.13,"text":"Do you have freedom to tell me you'll be down?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler held a brief, cryptically phrased exchange regarding the logistics of an upcoming meeting. The conversation appears to be a check on Ziegler’s availability to convene in person. No substantive policy matters were resolved during this short procedural coordination.","topics":["Logistics","Scheduling","White House Staff","Ronald Ziegler"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:17:42.448Z"},"topicSlugs":["logistics","scheduling","white-house-staff","ronald-ziegler"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"401-029.mp3","bytes":243858,"durationSec":10.01,"bitrate":194826,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:33.960Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/401-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/401-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/401/conversation-401-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}