{"conversationCode":"029-032","tapeNumber":29,"conversationNumber":32,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-029-032","startDateTime":"1972-08-07T12:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-07T12:31:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Aug-1972","startTime":"8:20 AM","endDate":"7-Aug-1972","endTime":"8:31 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:20 am and 8:31 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-032 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. 29-32\n\nDate: August 7, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:20 am and 8:31 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 763-3]\n\n     Request for a call to Harry F. Byrd, Jr.","filename":["029-032.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"029-031","nextCode":"029-033","transcript":[{"start":3.46,"end":4.26,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.3,"end":6.65,"text":"Call me Senator Harry Bird of Virginia, please."},{"start":6.77,"end":7.68,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr. of Virginia. The brief communication served solely to initiate official contact between the President and the Senator. No further discussion occurred during this recording as the line was managed to facilitate the connection.","topics":["Harry F. Byrd Jr.","White House operator","communication","Senator","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:37:36.071Z"},"topicSlugs":["harry-f-byrd-jr","white-house-operator","communication","senator","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"029-032.mp3","bytes":199365,"durationSec":8.25,"bitrate":193245,"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/029-032.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-032","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/29/conversation-029-032","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}