{"conversationCode":"034-027","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-027","startDateTime":"1972-12-10T14:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-10T14:55:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Dec-1972","startTime":"9:50 AM","endDate":"10-Dec-1972","endTime":"9:55 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:55 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-027 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. 34-27\n\nDate: December 10, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:50 am and 9:55 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 384-2]\n\n       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["034-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-026","nextCode":"034-028","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":2.74,"text":"Please."},{"start":2.76,"end":4.59,"text":"Mr. Coulson, please."},{"start":4.61,"end":8.72,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Charles W. Colson. This brief communication serves purely as an administrative instruction to establish contact with his aide. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occur during this exchange.","topics":["White House operator","Charles W. Colson","Administrative logistics","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:28:49.164Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","charles-w-colson","administrative-logistics","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-027.mp3","bytes":329393,"durationSec":13.6,"bitrate":193760,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}