{"conversationCode":"033-040","tapeNumber":33,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-033-040","startDateTime":"1972-11-08T00:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-08T00:50:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Nov-1972","startTime":"7:41 PM","endDate":"7-Nov-1972","endTime":"7:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:41 pm and 7:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-040 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. 33-40\n\nDate: November 7, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:41 pm and 7:50 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n       George Allen\n            -Location\n            -Arrival at home\n\f                                            - 40 -\n\n                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 33-114 (cont’d)","filename":["033-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"033-039","nextCode":"033-041","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":1.06,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.1,"end":3.79,"text":"Mr. Allen's en route home should be about a half hour."},{"start":3.83,"end":4.83,"text":"May I leave word?"},{"start":5.42,"end":5.62,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":5.64,"end":7.32,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate contact with George Allen. The operator informed the President that Allen was currently in transit and would arrive at his residence within thirty minutes. Consequently, Nixon chose to leave a message for Allen rather than wait for the connection.","topics":["George Allen","Communication","White House Operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:19:30.418Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-allen","communication","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"033-040.mp3","bytes":208385,"durationSec":8.54,"bitrate":195095,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.781Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/033-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/33/conversation-033-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}