{"conversationCode":"028-034","tapeNumber":28,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-028-034","startDateTime":"1972-08-01T20:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-01T20:33:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Aug-1972","startTime":"4:33 PM","endDate":"1-Aug-1972","endTime":"4:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-034 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. 28-34\n\nDate: August 1, 1972\nTime: 4:33 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to John McCarroll\n         -United Auto Workers [UAW] Local 544\n                -McKeesburg, Pennsylvania","filename":["028-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"028-033","nextCode":"028-035","transcript":[{"start":3.27,"end":6.46,"text":"I wondered if you could try Mr. John McCarroll."},{"start":6.48,"end":8.83,"text":"I think you have his number over there."},{"start":8.89,"end":13.04,"text":"He's the president of the United Auto Workers in Pittsburgh."},{"start":13.94,"end":14.14,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":14.16,"end":14.36,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to John McCarroll, the president of United Auto Workers Local 544 in the Pittsburgh area. The President provided the operator with instructions to locate McCarroll's contact information and initiate the connection. This administrative interaction serves as a brief record of the President's efforts to facilitate communication with local union leadership.","topics":["John McCarroll","United Auto Workers","Labor relations","Presidential communications","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:32:30.748Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-mccarroll","united-auto-workers","labor-relations","presidential-communication","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"028-034.mp3","bytes":260002,"durationSec":16.25,"bitrate":128015,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/028-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/028/conversation-028-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}