{"conversationCode":"034-048","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":48,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-048","startDateTime":"1972-12-11T22:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-12T00:49:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Dec-1972","startTime":"5:42 PM","endDate":"11-Dec-1972","endTime":"7:49 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 5:42 pm and 7:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-048 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. 34-48\n\nDate: December 11, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:42 pm and 7:49 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call Ronald L. Ziegler\n\f                                               -44-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["034-048.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-047","nextCode":"034-049","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.59,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":5.61,"end":6.19,"text":"Mr. Ziegler, please."},{"start":6.33,"end":8.2,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief exchange served as a procedural step to facilitate a direct communication line between the President and his senior staff member. No further policy or strategic discussions took place during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Staff communication","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:30:47.161Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","staff-communication","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-048.mp3","bytes":328139,"durationSec":13.55,"bitrate":193782,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.144Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-048.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-048","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-048","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}