{"conversationCode":"034-051","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":51,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-051","startDateTime":"1972-12-12T14:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-12T14:57:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Dec-1972","startTime":"9:57 AM","endDate":"12-Dec-1972","endTime":"9:57 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:57 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-051 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. 34-51\n\nDate: December 12, 1972\nTime: 9:57 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 820-4]\n\n       Request for a meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["034-051.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-050","nextCode":"034-052","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":3.38,"text":"Have Ziegler come to my office, please."},{"start":3.4,"end":5.45,"text":"Yes, thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request to the White House operator to summon Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler to the Oval Office. This administrative instruction serves as a precursor to a scheduled meeting between the two men. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:31:03.746Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-051.mp3","bytes":252235,"durationSec":10.39,"bitrate":194275,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-051.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-051","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-051","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}