{"conversationCode":"034-017","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-017","startDateTime":"1972-12-05T13:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-05T13:26:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Dec-1972","startTime":"8:10 AM","endDate":"5-Dec-1972","endTime":"8:26 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 8:10 am and 8:26 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-017 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. 34-17\n\nDate: December 5, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:10 am and 8:26 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 387-4A]\n\n       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["034-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-016","nextCode":"034-018","transcript":[{"start":1.13,"end":4.93,"text":"I can get a person, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with Charles W. Colson. The primary purpose of the brief exchange was to place a telephone call to the Special Counsel to the President. No further substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief administrative request.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:27:54.816Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-017.mp3","bytes":332527,"durationSec":13.73,"bitrate":193705,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}