{"conversationCode":"033-054","tapeNumber":33,"conversationNumber":54,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-033-054","startDateTime":"1972-11-08T05:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-08T06:00:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Nov-1972","startTime":"12:54 AM","endDate":"8-Nov-1972","endTime":"1:00 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:54 am and 1:00 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-054 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. 33-54\n\nDate: November 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:54 am and 1:00 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 388-3C]\n\n       Status of telephone call to Frank L. Rizzo\n\n       Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["033-054.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"033-053","nextCode":"033-055","transcript":[{"start":3.64,"end":7.93,"text":"Sir, you got that Rizzo call now?"},{"start":7.96,"end":9.86,"text":"Well, the LA operator's working on it."},{"start":9.88,"end":10.28,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":10.3,"end":10.74,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":10.76,"end":11.62,"text":"You got Kissinger then?"},{"start":12.09,"end":14.61,"text":"Yeah, give Mr. Kissinger one, too."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to check on the status of a pending telephone connection to Philadelphia Mayor Frank L. Rizzo. During the brief exchange, Nixon also instructed the operator to initiate a subsequent call to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. No further substantive policy matters were addressed during this short administrative check-in.","topics":["Frank L. Rizzo","Henry A. Kissinger","White House communications","administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:20:47.585Z"},"topicSlugs":["frank-l-rizzo","henry-a-kissinger","white-house-communications","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"033-054.mp3","bytes":368884,"durationSec":15.23,"bitrate":193737,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/033-054.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-054","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/33/conversation-033-054","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}