{"conversationCode":"028-042","tapeNumber":28,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-028-042","startDateTime":"1972-08-02T16:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-02T16:59:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Aug-1972","startTime":"12:54 PM","endDate":"2-Aug-1972","endTime":"12:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:54 pm and 12:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-042 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. 28-42\n\nDate: August 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:54 pm and 12:59 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 759-11D]\n\n     Request for a call to George D. Aiken","filename":["028-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"028-041","nextCode":"028-043","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":4.5,"text":"Try Senator Aiken, please."},{"start":4.54,"end":5.99,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Senator George D. Aiken. This administrative interaction reflects the President's efforts to facilitate direct communication with key legislative figures during his administration. The conversation concluded with the operator confirming the request to connect the President to the Senator.","topics":["George D. Aiken","Communication","Legislative relations","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:33:16.051Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-d-aiken","communication","legislative-relations","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"028-042.mp3","bytes":112881,"durationSec":7.05,"bitrate":128036,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/028-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/28/conversation-028-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}