{"conversationCode":"022-079","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":79,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-079","startDateTime":"1972-04-05T14:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-05T14:27:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Apr-1972","startTime":"9:16 AM","endDate":"5-Apr-1972","endTime":"9:27 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:16 am and 9:27 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-079 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. 22-79\n\nDate: April 5, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:16 am and 9:27 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 330-7A]\n\n     Request for call to Adm. Thomas H. Moorer","filename":["022-079.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:11:38","tapeEnd":"03:11:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"022-078","nextCode":"022-080","transcript":[{"start":3.95,"end":4.39,"text":"Please."},{"start":4.41,"end":4.67,"text":"Moore."},{"start":6.03,"end":6.57,"text":"Admiral Moore."},{"start":6.59,"end":7.46,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The primary purpose of the communication is to establish a direct line to the Admiral for official consultation. No further substantive discussion occurs during this short segment, as the operator processes the request.","topics":["Thomas H. Moorer","Joint Chiefs of Staff","Military communication","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:24:16.668Z"},"topicSlugs":["thomas-h-moorer","joint-chiefs-of-staff","military-communication","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-079.mp3","bytes":206888,"durationSec":8.55,"bitrate":193692,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-079.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-079","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-079","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}