{"conversationCode":"034-041","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":41,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-041","startDateTime":"1972-12-11T21:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-11T21:59:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Dec-1972","startTime":"4:55 PM","endDate":"11-Dec-1972","endTime":"4:59 PM","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 4:55 pm and 4:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-041 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. 34-41\n\nDate: December 11, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:55 pm and 4:59 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 385-9]","filename":["034-041.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-040","nextCode":"034-042","transcript":[{"start":0.64,"end":3.02,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.26,"end":5.96,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic communication through the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The exchange serves as a logistical step to connect the President with another party, as indicated by the subsequent reference to a follow-up conversation. No substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this operator-assisted connection.","topics":["White House operator","telecommunications","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:30:08.247Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-041.mp3","bytes":267953,"durationSec":11.04,"bitrate":194168,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-041.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-041","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-041","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}