{"conversationCode":"022-135","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":135,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-135","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 022-135 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. 22-135\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. 329-58]\n\n     Request for call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon\n\nThe operator placed the call on hold at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 1:00 pm.\n\n     [No conversation]\n\nThe President talked with Mrs. Nixon.\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal Returnable]\n[022-135-w001]\n[Duration: 21s]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n******************************************************************************","filename":["022-135.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:17:42","tapeEnd":"05:18:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"022-134","nextCode":"022-136","transcript":[{"start":3.17,"end":4.37,"text":"Mrs. Nixon again, please."},{"start":9.65,"end":20.99,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":41.88,"end":42.39,"text":"Hmm."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him to First Lady Pat Nixon. After the initial connection attempt, the operator placed the call on hold to facilitate the transfer. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical bridge to enable a private conversation between the President and his wife.","topics":["Pat Nixon","White House operations","Presidential communication","personal calls"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:29:21.320Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","personal-calls"],"audioDurationSec":42,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-135.mp3","bytes":1017520,"durationSec":42.34,"bitrate":192256,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.522Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-135.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-135","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-135","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}