{"conversationCode":"433-069","tapeNumber":433,"conversationNumber":69,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-433-069","startDateTime":"1973-05-08T22:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-08T22:51:00.000Z","startDate":"8-May-1973","startTime":"6:51 PM","endDate":"8-May-1973","endTime":"6:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 433-069 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"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. 433-69\n\nDate: May 8, 1973\nTime: 6:51 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 45-159]","filename":["433-069.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"433-068","nextCode":"433-070","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":5.76,"text":"Operator, I think Mr. Ziegler is in a meeting at the warehouse."},{"start":5.78,"end":7.29,"text":"I don't want him to call now, but when he returns to inform me and call me."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to track down Press Secretary Ron Ziegler regarding his current meeting at the warehouse. The President specified that he did not require an immediate interruption, but explicitly requested to be notified as soon as Ziegler became available. This brief exchange highlights the President's desire to manage his communications and prioritize a subsequent consultation with his press secretary.","topics":["Ron Ziegler","White House operations","Communication protocols","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:54:39.591Z"},"topicSlugs":["ron-ziegler","white-house-operations","communication-protocols","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"433-069.mp3","bytes":565248,"durationSec":17.57,"bitrate":257320,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.738Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/433-069.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/433-069","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/433/conversation-433-069","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}