{"conversationCode":"033-071","tapeNumber":33,"conversationNumber":71,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-033-071","startDateTime":"1972-11-08T19:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-08T19:18:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Nov-1972","startTime":"2:15 PM","endDate":"8-Nov-1972","endTime":"2:18 PM","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 2:15 pm and 2:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-071 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. 33-71\n\nDate: November 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:15 pm and 2:18 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 388-8A]\n\n       Request for a call to Edward R. G. Heath\n\f                                            - 80 -\n\n                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 33-114 (cont’d)","filename":["033-071.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"033-070","nextCode":"033-072","transcript":[{"start":2.48,"end":6,"text":"Turn Prime Minister Heath's call, please."},{"start":6.02,"end":7,"text":"Yes, thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to connect him with British Prime Minister Edward R. G. Heath. The brief exchange serves as a logistical instruction to facilitate immediate high-level diplomatic communication. No further policy discussion takes place during this recording beyond the initiation of the international call.","topics":["Edward R. G. Heath","Diplomacy","United Kingdom","Telecommunications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:22:20.768Z"},"topicSlugs":["edward-r-g-heath","diplomacy","united-kingdom","telecommunications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"033-071.mp3","bytes":210266,"durationSec":8.64,"bitrate":194739,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.787Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/033-071.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-071","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/033/conversation-033-071","catalogNaId":417194359,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417194359","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}