{"conversationCode":"034-003","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-003","startDateTime":"1972-11-30T00:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-30T00:53:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Nov-1972","startTime":"7:49 PM","endDate":"29-Nov-1972","endTime":"7:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:49 pm and 7:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 34-3\n\nDate: November 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:49 pm and 7:53 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["034-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-002","nextCode":"034-004","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.44,"text":"Yes Mr. President."},{"start":4.54,"end":19.29,"text":"Channel 8 please."},{"start":19.31,"end":19.51,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent connection to Alexander M. Haig, Jr. via a secure communications channel. This brief exchange served as a logistical instruction to initiate a direct line of communication with his deputy assistant. The primary action item was the successful establishment of this secure link.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House operator","telecommunications","presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:26:38.350Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-haig","white-house-operator","telecommunications","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-003.mp3","bytes":590196,"durationSec":24.45,"bitrate":193084,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/034/conversation-034-003","catalogNaId":647841610,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/647841610","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}