{"conversationCode":"033-003","tapeNumber":33,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-033-003","startDateTime":"1972-11-04T13:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-04T13:40:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Nov-1972","startTime":"8:30 AM","endDate":"4-Nov-1972","endTime":"8:40 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:40 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.1","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part I","chronReleaseDate":"11-Jul-2007","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 33-3\n\nDate: November 4, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:30 am and 8:40 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House Operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 389-1]\n\n       Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["033-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"033-002","nextCode":"033-004","transcript":[{"start":1.08,"end":4.34,"text":"please thank you"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary step to initiate a direct conversation between the President and his senior staffer. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this request.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential communications","Press Secretary"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:16:04.670Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","press-secretary"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"033-003.mp3","bytes":132523,"durationSec":5.39,"bitrate":196803,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/033-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/33/conversation-033-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}