{"conversationCode":"022-133","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":133,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-133","startDateTime":"1972-04-16T15:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-16T18:00:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1972","startTime":"10:55 AM","endDate":"16-Apr-1972","endTime":"1:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 1:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-133 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. 22-133\n\nDate: April 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:55 am and 1:00 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 329-56]\n\n     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s location\n          -The President’s return call","filename":["022-133.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:16:27","tapeEnd":"05:16:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"022-132","nextCode":"022-134","transcript":[{"start":1.74,"end":2.12,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.3,"end":5.56,"text":"Mr. President, I believe Mr. Haldeman goes to church about this time."},{"start":5.72,"end":6.12,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":6.14,"end":6.46,"text":"Let it go."},{"start":6.48,"end":7.21,"text":"I'll call him later."},{"start":7.23,"end":7.45,"text":"All right."},{"start":7.47,"end":8.25,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to reach Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman by telephone to discuss unspecified matters. After the White House operator informed him that Haldeman was likely attending church services, the President decided to postpone the call. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Presidential communications","White House operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:29:10.575Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-communications","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-133.mp3","bytes":233220,"durationSec":9.64,"bitrate":193543,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-133.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-133","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-133","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}