{"conversationCode":"029-029","tapeNumber":29,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-029-029","startDateTime":"1972-08-04T18:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-06T20:42:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Aug-1972","startTime":"2:58 PM","endDate":"6-Aug-1972","endTime":"4:42 PM","dateCertainty":"estimated","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"[Unknown person(s)]; White House operator;","description":"Unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 2:58 pm on August 4, 1972 and 4:42 pm on August 6, 1972. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-029 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. 29-29\n\nDate: Unknown between August 4, 1972 and August 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:58 pm, August 4, 1972 and 4:42 pm, August 6, 1972\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nAn unknown man talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to “398”\n\nThe unknown man conferred with an unknown person at an unknown time between 2:58 pm,\nAugust 4, 1972 and 4:42 pm, August 6, 1972.\n\n     Quality of telephone conversation","filename":["029-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["[Unknown person(s)]","White House operator"],"prevCode":"029-028","nextCode":"029-030","transcript":[{"start":3.76,"end":5.76,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":5.78,"end":5.9,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.92,"end":6.96,"text":"Yes, ma'am."},{"start":6.98,"end":7.08,"text":"Okay."},{"start":7.1,"end":7.62,"text":"Ring it again?"},{"start":7.96,"end":8.19,"text":"No."},{"start":8.21,"end":9.37,"text":"Could I have 398, please?"},{"start":9.89,"end":10.97,"text":"Oh, 398."},{"start":11.51,"end":12.19,"text":"Off the signal?"},{"start":12.21,"end":13.87,"text":"Yes, ma'am."},{"start":13.89,"end":15.65,"text":"Okay."},{"start":15.67,"end":16.03,"text":"What else?"},{"start":16.11,"end":18.18,"text":"398 off your board."},{"start":18.2,"end":18.64,"text":"Line 8?"},{"start":18.66,"end":19.12,"text":"398."},{"start":19.14,"end":24.3,"text":"398, thank you."},{"start":26.32,"end":27.14,"text":"I don't hear any noise."},{"start":27.24,"end":28.18,"text":"Would you listen to this?"},{"start":28.65,"end":29.67,"text":"Oh, wait till I get the guy on here."},{"start":30.62,"end":31.85,"text":"Because that was the original thing."},{"start":31.87,"end":32.76,"text":"It had hum or noise."},{"start":32.78,"end":34.49,"text":"I just wanted to see if it was on there or not."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"An unknown caller contacted the White House operator to troubleshoot a technical issue regarding audio quality on a specific line designated as \"398.\" The caller requested that the operator verify whether a previously reported hum or noise was still present on the line. The conversation concluded without a resolution as the operator prepared to connect the caller to a technician to assess the signal.","topics":["White House telephone system","technical support","audio quality","telephone operators","telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:37:19.932Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-telephone-system","technical-support","audio-quality","telephone-operators","telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":44,"audioFiles":[{"file":"029-029.mp3","bytes":1067048,"durationSec":44.4,"bitrate":192260,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:39.632Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/029-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/29/conversation-029-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}