{"conversationCode":"028-015","tapeNumber":28,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-028-015","startDateTime":"1972-07-31T21:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-31T21:44:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Jul-1972","startTime":"5:32 PM","endDate":"31-Jul-1972","endTime":"5:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Connally, John B.;","description":"On July 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-015 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. 28-15\n\nDate: July 31, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:32 and 5:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator; John B. Connally can be heard in the\nbackground.\n\n[See Conversation No. 757-6A]\n\n     Request for a call to Joe D. Waggonner, Jr.","filename":["028-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Connally, John B."],"prevCode":"028-014","nextCode":"028-016","transcript":[{"start":0.42,"end":11.13,"text":"You get me Congressman Wagoner of Louisiana, Joe Wagoner?"},{"start":11.5,"end":13.89,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. of Louisiana. John B. Connally was present with the President during the request. The primary objective was to facilitate direct communication with Waggonner regarding legislative or political business.","topics":["Joe D. Waggonner, Jr.","Congressional relations","John B. Connally","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:30:45.703Z"},"topicSlugs":["joe-d-waggonner-jr","congressional-relations","john-b-connally","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"028-015.mp3","bytes":333530,"durationSec":13.84,"bitrate":192791,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.842Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/028-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/28/conversation-028-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}