{"conversationCode":"032-016","tapeNumber":32,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-032-016","startDateTime":"1972-10-24T17:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-24T17:34:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Oct-1972","startTime":"1:34 PM","endDate":"24-Oct-1972","endTime":"1:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-016 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. 032-016\n\nDate: October 24, 1972\nTime: 1:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 373-2]\n\n        Request for a call to Joseph M. Margiotta\n           -Position as Nassau County Republican chairman\n                -Phone number\n                     -Dwight L. Chapin's office","filename":["032-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"032-015","nextCode":"032-017","transcript":[{"start":3.27,"end":6.5,"text":"Operator, I'd like to talk to Joe Margiata."},{"start":7.02,"end":10.45,"text":"He is the county chairman of Nassau County in New York."},{"start":10.87,"end":12.78,"text":"Mr. Chapin's office will have his number."},{"start":12.94,"end":14.26,"text":"All right, fine, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a call to Joseph M. Margiotta, the Republican chairman of Nassau County, New York. The President instructed the operator to obtain the necessary contact information through Dwight L. Chapin's office to facilitate the communication. This brief exchange served as a logistical coordination effort to connect the President with a key regional political figure.","topics":["Joseph M. Margiotta","Nassau County Republican Committee","Dwight L. Chapin","Political communication","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:01:30.970Z"},"topicSlugs":["joseph-m-margiotta","nassau-county-republican-committee","dwight-l-chapin","political-communication","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"032-016.mp3","bytes":458918,"durationSec":19.05,"bitrate":192687,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.234Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.401Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/032-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/32/conversation-032-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}