{"conversationCode":"029-020","tapeNumber":29,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-029-020","startDateTime":"1972-08-04T18:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-04T18:30:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Aug-1972","startTime":"2:28 PM","endDate":"4-Aug-1972","endTime":"2:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-020 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. 29-20\n\nDate: August 4, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:28 and 2:30 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 362-3]\n\n     Request for a call to Thomas G. Dunn\n         -Elizabeth, New Jersey","filename":["029-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"029-019","nextCode":"029-021","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":4.88,"text":"I like this spot."},{"start":4.91,"end":5.05,"text":"I know."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Thomas G. Dunn of Elizabeth, New Jersey. This brief exchange served as a logistical instruction to initiate the outbound call to the mayor. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief communication.","topics":["Thomas G. Dunn","Elizabeth, New Jersey","Telephone operations","Logistics","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:36:30.650Z"},"topicSlugs":["thomas-g-dunn","elizabeth-new-jersey","telephone-operations","logistics","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"029-020.mp3","bytes":309706,"durationSec":12.84,"bitrate":192963,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/029-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/29/conversation-029-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}