{"conversationCode":"034-056","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":56,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-056","startDateTime":"1972-12-13T01:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-13T04:04:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Dec-1972","startTime":"8:40 PM","endDate":"12-Dec-1972","endTime":"11:04 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 8:40 pm and 11:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-056 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. 34-56\n\nDate: December 12, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:40 pm and 11:04 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Manolo Sanchez","filename":["034-056.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-055","nextCode":"034-057","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":3.19,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.21,"end":4.09,"text":"Bring Manolo, please."},{"start":4.26,"end":6.45,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Manolo Sanchez, his longtime personal valet. This brief communication served solely as a directive to initiate contact with a member of the President's personal staff. No other substantive policy or political matters were discussed during this interaction.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","White House staff","Personal communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:31:31.145Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","white-house-staff","personal-communication"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-056.mp3","bytes":276105,"durationSec":11.37,"bitrate":194212,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-056.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-056","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/034/conversation-034-056","catalogNaId":647841716,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/647841716","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}