{"conversationCode":"022-104","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":104,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-104","startDateTime":"1972-04-11T15:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-11T15:49:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Apr-1972","startTime":"10:10 AM","endDate":"11-Apr-1972","endTime":"10:49 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator;","description":"On April 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:49 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-104 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. 22-104\n\nDate: April 11, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:10 am and 10:49 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President conferred with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n[See Conversation No. 706-2]\n\n[End of conferral]\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 706-2D\n\n     Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger\n         -Location","filename":["022-104.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:10:57","tapeEnd":"04:11:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator"],"prevCode":"022-103","nextCode":"022-105","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":5.34,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":5.38,"end":6.93,"text":"You'll get Dr. Kissinger."},{"start":7.25,"end":10.23,"text":"He's in a meeting, but just tell him to step out for a minute for a phone call."},{"start":10.29,"end":10.95,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":10.97,"end":11.49,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to contact Henry Kissinger regarding an urgent matter. He instructed the operator to interrupt Kissinger’s ongoing meeting to ensure he would take the call immediately. This brief exchange served as a coordination effort to facilitate a private consultation between the President and his National Security Advisor.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Presidential communications","National Security","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:26:33.173Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","presidential-communications","national-security","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-104.mp3","bytes":276479,"durationSec":11.45,"bitrate":193173,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-104.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-104","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-104","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}