{"conversationCode":"034-052","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":52,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-052","startDateTime":"1972-12-12T18:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-12T18:35:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Dec-1972","startTime":"1:35 PM","endDate":"12-Dec-1972","endTime":"1:35 PM","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 1:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-052 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. 34-52\n\nDate: December 12, 1972\nTime: 1:35 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 820-16A]\n\n       Request for a call to Carl B. Albert","filename":["034-052.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-051","nextCode":"034-053","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":5.27,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.31,"end":6.35,"text":"Speaker Albert, please."},{"start":6.37,"end":8.34,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to Speaker of the House Carl B. Albert through the White House operator. The conversation serves solely as a brief administrative request to connect with the Speaker for further discussion. No substantive policy matters or decisions were finalized during this exchange.","topics":["Carl B. Albert","White House Operator","Legislative Liaison","Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:31:08.989Z"},"topicSlugs":["carl-b-albert","white-house-operator","legislative-liaison","communication"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-052.mp3","bytes":321825,"durationSec":13.28,"bitrate":193870,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-052.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-052","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-052","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}