{"conversationCode":"029-021","tapeNumber":29,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-029-021","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 029-021 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. 29-21\n\nDate: August 4,1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:28 pm and 2:30 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 362-4]\n\n     Difficulties in reaching Thomas G. Dunn","filename":["029-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"029-020","nextCode":"029-022","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":0.61,"text":"you"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a connection with Thomas G. Dunn. This brief administrative exchange was initiated to resolve difficulties in reaching Dunn via telephone. The interaction served as a logistical attempt to establish communication with the intended party.","topics":["White House operator","Thomas G. Dunn","telecommunications","administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:36:35.898Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","thomas-g-dunn","telecommunications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"029-021.mp3","bytes":669569,"durationSec":27.84,"bitrate":192404,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/029-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/29/conversation-029-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}