{"conversationCode":"032-161","tapeNumber":32,"conversationNumber":161,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-032-161","startDateTime":"1972-11-03T14:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-03T14:12:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Nov-1972","startTime":"9:00 AM","endDate":"3-Nov-1972","endTime":"9:12 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:12 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-161 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. 032-161\n\nDate: November 3, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:00 am and 9:12 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 391-22]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n        Calls\n            -Length\n            -Edward W. Brooke\n                 -Massachusetts\n            -Margaret Chase Smith\n                 -Maine\n            -Clifford P. Case\n            -Clifford P. Hansen\n                 -Wyoming\n            -Mark O. Hatfield\n                 -Oregon\n            -List","filename":["032-161.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"032-160","nextCode":"032-162","transcript":[{"start":4.74,"end":8.26,"text":"I'd like to place about four calls, and you can just get them."},{"start":9.22,"end":13.09,"text":"They're only taking one or two minutes each, probably."},{"start":13.23,"end":18.7,"text":"To Senator Brooke, he's probably in Massachusetts campaigning."},{"start":19.2,"end":21.6,"text":"Senator Margaret Smith, probably in Maine."},{"start":21.62,"end":22.32,"text":"You can reach her."},{"start":22.9,"end":24.27,"text":"To Senator Clifford Case."},{"start":25.81,"end":33.28,"text":"And to Senator Hanson."},{"start":34.32,"end":36.64,"text":"Henson, Wyoming."},{"start":36.66,"end":37.65,"text":"He's probably in Wyoming."},{"start":37.67,"end":47.92,"text":"And Senator Mark Hatfield in Oregon."},{"start":49.24,"end":57.71,"text":"And just a second here."},{"start":86.14,"end":87.44,"text":"Okay, that's enough right now."},{"start":87.47,"end":87.95,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a series of telephone calls to several Republican senators, including Edward W. Brooke, Margaret Chase Smith, Clifford P. Case, Clifford P. Hansen, and Mark O. Hatfield. The President aimed to reach these individuals, who were largely occupied with campaign activities in their respective home states, for brief consultations. The operator was tasked with locating and connecting the President to these lawmakers as part of his outgoing communication schedule.","topics":["Richard Nixon","White House operator","United States Senate","political campaigning","telephone communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:14:51.738Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-nixon","white-house-operator","united-states-senate","political-campaigning","telephone-communications"],"audioDurationSec":93,"audioFiles":[{"file":"032-161.mp3","bytes":2222497,"durationSec":92.53,"bitrate":192146,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.234Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.414Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/032-161.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-161","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/32/conversation-032-161","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}