{"conversationCode":"034-012","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-012","startDateTime":"1972-12-05T01:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-05T01:03:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Dec-1972","startTime":"8:02 PM","endDate":"4-Dec-1972","endTime":"8:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:02 pm and 8:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-012 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. 34-12\n\nDate: December 4, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:02 pm and 8:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["034-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-011","nextCode":"034-013","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":4.82,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":4.84,"end":5.83,"text":"Draw the line, please."},{"start":5.85,"end":9.8,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to establish a line of communication with his senior aide. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:27:27.679Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administration"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-012.mp3","bytes":357605,"durationSec":14.76,"bitrate":193823,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}