{"conversationCode":"034-016","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-016","startDateTime":"1972-12-05T12:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-05T12:57:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Dec-1972","startTime":"7:57 AM","endDate":"5-Dec-1972","endTime":"7:57 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:57 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-016 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. 34-16\n\nDate: December 5, 1972\nTime: 7:57 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\f                                               -16-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 34-16 (cont’d)\n\n[See Conversation No. 387-1]\n\n       Request for a meeting with Col. Richard T. Kennedy\n            -Executive Office Building [EOB]","filename":["034-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-015","nextCode":"034-017","transcript":[{"start":0.79,"end":5.77,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":5.79,"end":8.68,"text":"You check when Colonel Kennedy gets into his office."},{"start":8.71,"end":10.7,"text":"Have him come to the DOB office, please."},{"start":10.72,"end":11.5,"text":"I will, Mr. President."},{"start":11.54,"end":11.88,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":12.79,"end":13.13,"text":"You're welcome."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact Colonel Richard T. Kennedy regarding a scheduling request. He directed the operator to determine when Kennedy arrived at his office and to arrange for him to report to the Executive Office Building for a meeting. This conversation served as a logistical coordination effort to facilitate a direct briefing with Kennedy.","topics":["Richard T. Kennedy","Scheduling","Executive Office Building","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:27:49.595Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-t-kennedy","scheduling","executive-office-building","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-016.mp3","bytes":460379,"durationSec":19.07,"bitrate":193166,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.138Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}