{"conversationCode":"033-030","tapeNumber":33,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-033-030","startDateTime":"1972-11-04T16:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-04T16:00:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Nov-1972","startTime":"11:00 AM","endDate":"4-Nov-1972","endTime":"11:00 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 11:00 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-030 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. 33-30\n\nDate: November 4, 1972\nTime: 11:00 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 389-13A]\n\n       Request for a call to Strom Thurmond","filename":["033-030.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"033-029","nextCode":"033-031","transcript":[{"start":1.16,"end":4.42,"text":"Senator Thurmond in South Carolina, please."},{"start":4.44,"end":5.16,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a long-distance call to Senator Strom Thurmond in South Carolina. The brief communication functioned as a routine administrative request to facilitate direct contact with the Senator. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Strom Thurmond","White House operations","Presidential communication","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:18:35.991Z"},"topicSlugs":["strom-thurmond","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"033-030.mp3","bytes":168223,"durationSec":6.87,"bitrate":195804,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/033-030.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/33/conversation-033-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}