{"conversationCode":"023-034","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-034","startDateTime":"1972-04-19T18:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-19T19:11:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Apr-1972","startTime":"1:49 PM","endDate":"19-Apr-1972","endTime":"2:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:49 pm and 2:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-034 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. 23-34\n\nDate: April 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:49 and 2:11 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 331-29]\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["023-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"023-033","nextCode":"023-035","transcript":[{"start":3.34,"end":3.93,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.97,"end":4.76,"text":"Mr. Ziegler, please."},{"start":4.79,"end":5.52,"text":"Yes, Mr. Pratton."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange through the White House operator to request a direct connection with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The call serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate communication between the President and his senior staff. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this short administrative segment.","topics":["Presidential communication","Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Administrative task"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:34:45.655Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communication","ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","administrative-task"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-034.mp3","bytes":181184,"durationSec":7.5,"bitrate":193371,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.522Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}