{"conversationCode":"034-021","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-021","startDateTime":"1972-12-05T15:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-05T15:13:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Dec-1972","startTime":"10:13 AM","endDate":"5-Dec-1972","endTime":"10:13 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 10:13 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-021 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. 34-21\n\nDate: December 5, 1972\nTime: 10:13 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 387-5]\n\n       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["034-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-020","nextCode":"034-022","transcript":[{"start":0.79,"end":2.98,"text":"Steve Ball, please."},{"start":3.04,"end":3.85,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull. This brief administrative interaction served to facilitate direct communication with a key staff member. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific call.","topics":["White House operations","Stephen B. Bull","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:28:16.712Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","stephen-b-bull","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-021.mp3","bytes":256626,"durationSec":10.57,"bitrate":194168,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}