{"conversationCode":"012-034","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-034","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T14:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T15:04:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"10:52 AM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"11:04 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 10:52 am to 11:04 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-034 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 012-034\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: 10:52 am- 11:04 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 281-25]\n\n     Request for call to John B. Connally","filename":["012-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:58:06","tapeEnd":"00:58:14","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-033","nextCode":"012-035","transcript":[{"start":2.5,"end":5.41,"text":"Secretary Connolly, please."},{"start":5.43,"end":6.29,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally through the White House operator. The conversation serves as a brief administrative bridge intended to facilitate direct communication between the President and his Treasury Secretary. No substantive policy discussions occur during this specific interaction as it functions primarily as a connection request.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House operations","Administrative communication","Treasury Department"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:33:23.201Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-operations","administrative-communication","treasury-department"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-034.mp3","bytes":192469,"durationSec":7.95,"bitrate":193686,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.045Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}