{"conversationCode":"027-052","tapeNumber":27,"conversationNumber":52,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-027-052","startDateTime":"1972-07-25T21:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-25T21:18:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Jul-1972","startTime":"5:18 PM","endDate":"25-Jul-1972","endTime":"5:18 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-052 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 27-52\n\nDate: July 25, 1972\nTime: 5:18 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 753-4]\n\n     Request for a call to Vito Marzullo","filename":["027-052.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"027-051","nextCode":"027-053","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":9.52,"text":"Could you get me Mr. Vito Marzullo in Chicago, please?"},{"start":9.54,"end":11,"text":"He's an alderman in Chicago."},{"start":12.05,"end":15.89,"text":"Vito, V-I-T-O, M-A-R-Z-U-L-L-O."},{"start":16.55,"end":16.97,"text":"Two words."},{"start":17.51,"end":18.29,"text":"In Chicago?"},{"start":18.31,"end":19.82,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":20.58,"end":22.26,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Vito Marzullo, an alderman based in Chicago. This administrative request served as the sole purpose of the brief interaction. The operator acknowledged the instructions and the spelling of the alderman's name to facilitate the connection.","topics":["Vito Marzullo","Chicago politics","White House communications","administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:24:56.492Z"},"topicSlugs":["vito-marzullo","chicago-politics","white-house-communications","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"027-052.mp3","bytes":603114,"durationSec":25.07,"bitrate":192483,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.841Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:39.272Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/027-052.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-052","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/27/conversation-027-052","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}