{"conversationCode":"022-072","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":72,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-072","startDateTime":"1972-04-04T14:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-04T14:24:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Apr-1972","startTime":"9:08 AM","endDate":"4-Apr-1972","endTime":"9:24 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:08 am and 9:24 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-072 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. 22-72\n\nDate: April 4, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:08 am and 9:24 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 701-2B]\n\n     Request for call to Adm. Thomas H. Moorer","filename":["022-072.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:01:22","tapeEnd":"03:01:29","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"022-071","nextCode":"022-073","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.66,"text":"Admiral Moore, get him out of whatever meeting he's in, immediately."},{"start":5.68,"end":6.9,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to immediately interrupt an ongoing meeting to connect him with Admiral Thomas H. Moorer. The urgency of the request underscores a priority communication regarding military or strategic matters. The operator acknowledges the command and proceeds to facilitate the urgent connection.","topics":["Thomas H. Moorer","Military communication","Executive urgency","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:23:38.232Z"},"topicSlugs":["thomas-h-moorer","military-communication","executive-urgency","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-072.mp3","bytes":255790,"durationSec":10.59,"bitrate":193216,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-072.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-072","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-072","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}