{"conversationCode":"034-004","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-004","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 034-004 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. 34-4\n\nDate: November 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:49 pm and 7:53 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\f                                             -5-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 34-4 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Requested call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n            -Call-back instruction","filename":["034-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-003","nextCode":"034-005","transcript":[{"start":1.03,"end":5.1,"text":"Did you ring?"},{"start":5.24,"end":5.98,"text":"No, I didn't, sir."},{"start":6,"end":7.12,"text":"They're looking for General Haig."},{"start":7.14,"end":10.41,"text":"He's out of the office, away from his desk."},{"start":10.43,"end":11.23,"text":"I'll call you right back."},{"start":11.31,"end":12.99,"text":"When he comes in, he can call me."},{"start":13.31,"end":14.1,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":16.98,"end":17.06,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator in an attempt to reach General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Upon learning that Haig was away from his desk, the President instructed the operator to have Haig call him back upon his return. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Alexander Haig","White House operations","Presidential communication","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:26:43.851Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-haig","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-004.mp3","bytes":532518,"durationSec":22.05,"bitrate":193174,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.136Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}