{"conversationCode":"033-087","tapeNumber":33,"conversationNumber":87,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-033-087","startDateTime":"1972-11-18T16:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-18T16:57:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1972","startTime":"11:55 AM","endDate":"18-Nov-1972","endTime":"11:57 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 11:57 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-087 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. 33-87\n\f                                             - 88 -\n\n                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 33-114 (cont’d)\n\nDate: November 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:55 am and 11:57 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n       Call to Leonard Garment\n\n       John B. Connally\n            -Location\n                  -Texas\n            -Telephone call\n                  -Radio","filename":["033-087.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"033-086","nextCode":"033-088","transcript":[{"start":1.16,"end":1.56,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.74,"end":9.74,"text":"Mr. President, we have Mr. Garment for you, but in the meantime, Mr. Conley is on an island off the coast of Texas and be back tomorrow evening."},{"start":9.78,"end":11,"text":"I could reach him if you want me to."},{"start":12.02,"end":13.75,"text":"Provided it's not radio."},{"start":14.03,"end":17.63,"text":"If it's a regular telephone, I'll talk to him."},{"start":17.65,"end":18.93,"text":"If not, I'll talk to him tomorrow."},{"start":18.95,"end":19.14,"text":"Fine."},{"start":19.2,"end":20.32,"text":"Thank you, Mr. Garment."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested a telephone connection to Leonard Garment while receiving a status update from the White House operator regarding John Connally. The operator informed the President that Connally was currently located on an island off the coast of Texas and reachable only via radio. Nixon declined a radio-based connection, deciding instead to wait until the following evening to communicate with Connally via a standard telephone line.","topics":["Leonard Garment","John Connally","Communications","Telecommunications","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:23:46.526Z"},"topicSlugs":["leonard-garment","john-connally","communications","telecommunications","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"033-087.mp3","bytes":509320,"durationSec":21.08,"bitrate":193256,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.789Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/033-087.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-087","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/33/conversation-033-087","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}