{"conversationCode":"026-034","tapeNumber":26,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-026-034","startDateTime":"1972-07-01T15:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-01T15:25:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Jul-1972","startTime":"11:12 AM","endDate":"1-Jul-1972","endTime":"11:25 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:12 am and 11:25 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-034 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. 26-34\n\nDate: July 1, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:12 and 11:25 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 746-13]\n\n     Unable to reach George W. Romney\n\n     Romney's schedule\n         -Canada\n\n     The President requested John A. Volpe","filename":["026-034-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:14:08","tapeEnd":"03:14:27","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"026-033","nextCode":"026-035","tapeTranscriptFile":"026a.mp3,026b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":11808.68,"end":11810.69,"text":"On the call to Secretary Romney, Mr. President."},{"start":11810.91,"end":11815.05,"text":"He's been in Michigan, but not answering right now, and he's also going on to Canada."},{"start":11815.09,"end":11815.75,"text":"Could I keep trying?"},{"start":11815.77,"end":11816.45,"text":"No, that's all right."},{"start":11816.47,"end":11817.25,"text":"You can let it go."},{"start":11817.27,"end":11817.97,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":11817.99,"end":11818.65,"text":"You can let it go."},{"start":11818.67,"end":11819.95,"text":"And try vote before me."},{"start":11820.03,"end":11820.29,"text":"I will."},{"start":11820.31,"end":11821.91,"text":"All right."},{"start":11823.76,"end":11827,"text":"Could you try Governor Reagan in California, please?"},{"start":11827.04,"end":11828.96,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":11808,"end":11827,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate communication with members of his administration regarding scheduling conflicts. After failing to reach George W. Romney, who was reportedly traveling in Canada, Nixon requested that the operator connect him with Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe instead. The brief exchange highlights the administrative logistics involved in managing the President's internal communications and cabinet scheduling.","topics":["George W. Romney","John A. Volpe","Scheduling","White House operations","Cabinet administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:18:00.975Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-w-romney","john-a-volpe","scheduling","white-house-operations","cabinet-administration"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"026-034-splice.mp3","bytes":351576,"durationSec":22,"bitrate":127874,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:14.915Z","originalFilename":["026a.mp3","026b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["026b.mp3"],"cutStart":11806.5,"cutEnd":11828.5,"adjustedStart":11806.5,"adjustedEnd":11828.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:14.915Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":8,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T08:14:03.337Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/026-034-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/26/conversation-026-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}