{"conversationCode":"034-053","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":53,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-053","startDateTime":"1972-12-12T19:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-13T01:31:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Dec-1972","startTime":"2:20 PM","endDate":"12-Dec-1972","endTime":"8:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 8:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-053 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. 34-53\n\nDate: December 12, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:20 pm and 8:31 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\f                                              -46-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 34-53 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["034-053.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-052","nextCode":"034-054","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":7.02,"text":"General Haig, please."},{"start":7.04,"end":7.24,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to establish communication with Haig. No further substantive discussion occurred during this recording.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","White House communications","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:31:14.552Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-communications","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-053.mp3","bytes":294284,"durationSec":12.15,"bitrate":193820,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.145Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-053.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-053","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-053","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}