{"conversationCode":"027-056","tapeNumber":27,"conversationNumber":56,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-027-056","startDateTime":"1972-07-25T21:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-25T21:35:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Jul-1972","startTime":"5:25 PM","endDate":"25-Jul-1972","endTime":"5:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 5:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-056 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. 27-56\n\nDate: July 25, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:25 pm and 5:35 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 753-8A]\n\n     Request for a call to Jack D. Maltester","filename":["027-056.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"027-055","nextCode":"027-057","transcript":[{"start":1.04,"end":9.3,"text":"Jack D. Maltester, the mayor of San Leandro, California, please."},{"start":10.06,"end":11.22,"text":"Maltester."},{"start":12.22,"end":13.26,"text":"Maltester."},{"start":13.62,"end":14.37,"text":"San what again?"},{"start":14.75,"end":15.41,"text":"Maltester."},{"start":15.61,"end":18.83,"text":"M-A-L-T-E-S-T-E-R. No, I wanted the city again."},{"start":18.85,"end":19.71,"text":"San Leandro."},{"start":20.18,"end":23.54,"text":"San Leandro, California."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to Jack D. Maltester, the mayor of San Leandro, California. The exchange focuses on providing the operator with the correct spelling of the mayor's name and the specific city to ensure the connection is established. This interaction reflects the administrative process involved in the President's outreach to local political officials.","topics":["White House operations","Jack D. Maltester","Presidential communications","San Leandro","administrative procedure"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:25:18.608Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","jack-d-maltester","presidential-communications","san-leandro","administrative-procedure"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"027-056.mp3","bytes":632580,"durationSec":26.29,"bitrate":192468,"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/027-056.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-056","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/27/conversation-027-056","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}