{"conversationCode":"028-050","tapeNumber":28,"conversationNumber":50,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-028-050","startDateTime":"1972-08-03T15:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-03T15:33:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Aug-1972","startTime":"11:33 AM","endDate":"3-Aug-1972","endTime":"11:33 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:33 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-050 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. 28-50\n\nDate: August 3, 1972\nTime: 11:33 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 760-14A]\n\n     Request for a call to John B. Connally","filename":["028-050.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"028-049","nextCode":"028-051","transcript":[{"start":5.2,"end":8.3,"text":"Get me Governor Connolly in Texas, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to initiate an urgent telephone call to former Treasury Secretary John B. Connally in Texas. This request reflects the ongoing political consultation between Nixon and Connally during the 1972 election cycle. The conversation served strictly as a procedural effort to establish a direct line of communication between the two men.","topics":["John B. Connally","Political communication","1972 Presidential Campaign","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:33:59.840Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","political-communication","1972-election","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"028-050.mp3","bytes":154676,"durationSec":9.67,"bitrate":128026,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/028-050.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-050","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/028/conversation-028-050","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}