{"conversationCode":"029-053","tapeNumber":29,"conversationNumber":53,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-029-053","startDateTime":"1972-08-08T20:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-08T20:08:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Aug-1972","startTime":"4:08 PM","endDate":"8-Aug-1972","endTime":"4:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 4:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-053 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. 29-53\n\nDate: August 8, 1972\nTime: 4:08 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 363-13]\n\n     Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["029-053.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"029-052","nextCode":"029-054","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.78,"text":"you"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served as a logistical request to establish a connection with his wife. No substantive political or policy matters were discussed during this communication.","topics":["Pat Nixon","White House operations","personal communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:39:29.883Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","white-house-operations","personal-communication"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"029-053.mp3","bytes":247012,"durationSec":10.23,"bitrate":193229,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:39.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/029-053.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-053","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/29/conversation-029-053","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}