{"conversationCode":"034-023","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-023","startDateTime":"1972-12-05T19:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-05T19:56:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Dec-1972","startTime":"2:00 PM","endDate":"5-Dec-1972","endTime":"2:56 PM","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 2:00 pm and 2:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-023 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. 34-23\n\nDate: December 5, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:00 pm and 2:56 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 386-1A]\n\n       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["034-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-022","nextCode":"034-024","transcript":[{"start":0.79,"end":3.26,"text":"Steve Ball, please."},{"start":4.12,"end":4.24,"text":"Hello."},{"start":5.15,"end":7.68,"text":"Steve Ball, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact his aide, Stephen B. Bull. The interaction serves solely as a logistical request to establish communication with Bull. No further substantive policy matters or official developments are discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:28:27.328Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-023.mp3","bytes":326258,"durationSec":13.45,"bitrate":194008,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}