{"conversationCode":"033-055","tapeNumber":33,"conversationNumber":55,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-033-055","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 033-055 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. 33-55\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.388-3D]\n\f                                            - 62 -\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 33-114 (cont’d)\n\n       Henry A. Kissinger\n            -Location","filename":["033-055.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"033-054","nextCode":"033-056","transcript":[{"start":0.5,"end":0.93,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.01,"end":3.68,"text":"Mr. President, Dr. Kissinger's going out for 15 minutes."},{"start":4.46,"end":5.35,"text":"Okay, fine."},{"start":5.57,"end":6.11,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":6.15,"end":6.82,"text":"Right on."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to determine the current availability of National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. Upon being informed that Kissinger would be away for approximately fifteen minutes, the President acknowledged the update and concluded the brief coordination call. This exchange served primarily to facilitate the President's immediate scheduling needs regarding his communication with Kissinger.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Presidential scheduling","Communication coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:20:52.832Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling","communication-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"033-055.mp3","bytes":192714,"durationSec":7.89,"bitrate":195282,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.784Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/033-055.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-055","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/33/conversation-033-055","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}