{"conversationCode":"029-039","tapeNumber":29,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-029-039","startDateTime":"1972-08-08T15:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-08T15:41:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Aug-1972","startTime":"11:36 AM","endDate":"8-Aug-1972","endTime":"11:41 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:36 am and 11:41 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-039 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. 29-39\n\nDate: August 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:36 am and 11:41 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 765-12A]\n\n     Sam Huff's location\n         -Return call","filename":["029-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"029-038","nextCode":"029-040","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":3.49,"text":"Mr. President, you called in Mr. Sam Huff."},{"start":3.55,"end":5.26,"text":"He's been in the office, but he's gone someplace."},{"start":5.3,"end":6.22,"text":"I'm not sure just where."},{"start":6.46,"end":7.97,"text":"Could I have him return your call?"},{"start":8.07,"end":8.23,"text":"Anytime."},{"start":8.25,"end":8.88,"text":"Right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to contact Sam Huff regarding an unspecified matter. Upon learning that Huff was away from his office, the President instructed the operator to have Huff return the call at his earliest convenience. No further business was conducted during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Sam Huff","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:38:14.308Z"},"topicSlugs":["sam-huff","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"029-039.mp3","bytes":215666,"durationSec":8.93,"bitrate":193133,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/029-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/29/conversation-029-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}