{"conversationCode":"022-061","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":61,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-061","startDateTime":"1972-03-31T00:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-31T01:02:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Mar-1972","startTime":"7:45 PM","endDate":"30-Mar-1972","endTime":"8:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:45 pm and 8:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-061 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 22-61\n\nDate: March 30, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:45 pm and 8:02 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["022-061.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:30:34","tapeEnd":"02:30:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"022-060","nextCode":"022-062","transcript":[{"start":2.16,"end":5.87,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5.89,"end":6.28,"text":"That guest, please."},{"start":6.29,"end":6.5,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to initiate a high-level consultation between the President and his advisor. The call highlights the established protocol for managing the President's secure communications during the period.","topics":["Henry A. Kissinger","White House communications","Presidential protocol","Telephone operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:22:37.858Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-a-kissinger","white-house-communications","presidential-protocol","telephone-operations"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-061.mp3","bytes":157360,"durationSec":6.49,"bitrate":194007,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-061.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-061","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-061","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}