{"conversationCode":"032-098","tapeNumber":32,"conversationNumber":98,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-032-098","startDateTime":"1972-10-31T22:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-31T23:59:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Oct-1972","startTime":"5:59 PM","endDate":"31-Oct-1972","endTime":"6:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:59 pm and 6:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-098 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. 032-098\n\nDate: October 31, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:59 pm and 6:59 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n         Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler.","filename":["032-098.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"032-097","nextCode":"032-099","transcript":[{"start":1.15,"end":3.71,"text":"Just sit there, please."},{"start":3.87,"end":5,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief administrative request for the White House operator to connect him with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The interaction serves solely as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication with his staff. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Presidential Communication","Ronald L. Ziegler","White House Operations","Administrative Request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:09:02.098Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communication","ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"032-098.mp3","bytes":211904,"durationSec":8.76,"bitrate":193519,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.234Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/032-098.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-098","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/32/conversation-032-098","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}