{"conversationCode":"034-034","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-034","startDateTime":"1972-12-11T15:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-11T16:07:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Dec-1972","startTime":"10:18 AM","endDate":"11-Dec-1972","endTime":"11:07 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:18 am and 11:07 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-034 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. 34-34\n\nDate: December 11, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:18 and 11:07 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 819-2A]\n\f                                            -31-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 34-34 (cont’d)\n\n       Request for a call to George H. W. Bush","filename":["034-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-033","nextCode":"034-035","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":2.93,"text":"Get this."},{"start":3.15,"end":5.72,"text":"Ambassador Bush on the phone, please."},{"start":5.82,"end":8.69,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to George H. W. Bush. This brief interaction served as a logistical request to initiate communication with the Ambassador. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this initial contact.","topics":["George H. W. Bush","White House communications","logistics","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:29:29.442Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-h-w-bush","white-house-communications","logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-034.mp3","bytes":328137,"durationSec":13.55,"bitrate":193781,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.142Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}