{"conversationCode":"029-049","tapeNumber":29,"conversationNumber":49,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-029-049","startDateTime":"1972-08-08T16:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-08T16:47:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Aug-1972","startTime":"12:42 PM","endDate":"8-Aug-1972","endTime":"12:47 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 12:42 pm and 12:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-049 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. 29-49\n\nDate: August 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:42 and 12:47 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 363-5B]\n\n     Request for a call to Alexander P. Butterfield","filename":["029-049.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"029-048","nextCode":"029-050","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":8.59,"text":"so"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Alexander P. Butterfield. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to reach the Deputy Assistant to the President. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this call, as it functioned solely to establish communication.","topics":["White House administration","Alexander Butterfield","Communication","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:39:08.322Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","alexander-butterfield","communication","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"029-049.mp3","bytes":209396,"durationSec":8.67,"bitrate":193288,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/029-049.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-049","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/29/conversation-029-049","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}