{"conversationCode":"028-044","tapeNumber":28,"conversationNumber":44,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-028-044","startDateTime":"1972-08-02T17:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-02T18:33:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Aug-1972","startTime":"1:08 PM","endDate":"2-Aug-1972","endTime":"2:33 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 1:08 pm and 2:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-044 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. 28-44\n\nDate: August 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:08 pm and 2:33 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["028-044.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"028-043","nextCode":"028-045","transcript":[{"start":8.52,"end":9.18,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to initiate official communication between the President and his primary spokesperson. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this operator-assisted call.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","administrative protocols","press relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:33:27.068Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","administrative-protocols","press-relations"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"028-044.mp3","bytes":146317,"durationSec":9.14,"bitrate":128027,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.083Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/028-044.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-044","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/28/conversation-028-044","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}