{"conversationCode":"029-043","tapeNumber":29,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-029-043","startDateTime":"1972-08-08T16:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-08T16:26:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Aug-1972","startTime":"12:24 PM","endDate":"8-Aug-1972","endTime":"12:26 PM","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 12:24 pm and 12:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-043 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. 29-43\n\nDate: August 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:24 pm and 12:26 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 765-21A]\n\n     Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["029-043.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"029-042","nextCode":"029-044","transcript":[{"start":6.49,"end":7.26,"text":"Please."},{"start":7.28,"end":8.32,"text":"Mrs. Nixon please."},{"start":8.52,"end":9.55,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served solely as a request for the operator to connect the President to his wife. No substantive political or policy matters were discussed during this brief communication.","topics":["Pat Nixon","White House operator","Presidential communication","personal phone call"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:38:35.714Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","white-house-operator","presidential-communication","personal-phone-call"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"029-043.mp3","bytes":240743,"durationSec":9.96,"bitrate":193367,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/029-043.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/29/conversation-029-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}