{"conversationCode":"033-015","tapeNumber":33,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-033-015","startDateTime":"1972-11-04T15:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-04T15:09:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Nov-1972","startTime":"10:08 AM","endDate":"4-Nov-1972","endTime":"10:09 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 10:08 am and 10:09 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-015 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. 33-15\n\nDate: November 4, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:08 am and 10:09 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 389-11F]\n\n       Status of call to William T. Cahill\n\n       Status of telephone call to Wesley Powell","filename":["033-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"033-014","nextCode":"033-016","transcript":[{"start":0.59,"end":1.41,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.85,"end":2.25,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.87,"end":5.64,"text":"You have Cahill now?"},{"start":5.66,"end":6.92,"text":"Cahill, they told me to hold up, Mr. President."},{"start":6.94,"end":8.21,"text":"I have on here Mr. Powell."},{"start":8.95,"end":9.61,"text":"All right, I'll take it."},{"start":9.63,"end":11.47,"text":"Powell, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon communicated with the White House operator to manage outgoing telephone calls to New Jersey Governor William T. Cahill and political operative Wesley Powell. The operator informed the President that the connection to Cahill was delayed, prompting Nixon to prioritize the call with Powell. This interaction illustrates the President's direct involvement in coordinating political outreach during the final days of the 1972 election cycle.","topics":["William T. Cahill","Wesley Powell","White House operations","political outreach","1972 election"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:17:11.027Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-t-cahill","wesley-powell","white-house-operations","political-outreach","1972-election"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"033-015.mp3","bytes":346316,"durationSec":14.3,"bitrate":193695,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.234Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/033-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/33/conversation-033-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}