{"conversationCode":"034-063","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":63,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-063","startDateTime":"1972-12-13T21:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-13T21:15:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Dec-1972","startTime":"4:13 PM","endDate":"13-Dec-1972","endTime":"4:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 4:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-063 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. 34-63\n\nDate: December 13, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:13 pm - 4:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 822-9]\n\n       Request for a call to Milton Friendman\n            -Mayo Clinic\n\f                                             -52-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["034-063.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-062","nextCode":"034-064","transcript":[{"start":2.75,"end":5.1,"text":"Please."},{"start":5.12,"end":8.99,"text":"Operator, you get me Dr. Milton Friedman at the Mayo Clinic, please."},{"start":9.23,"end":11.24,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to economist Milton Friedman. The purpose of the request was to connect with Friedman at the Mayo Clinic for a consultation. No further discussion or substantive policy matters occurred during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Milton Friedman","Mayo Clinic","Economic policy","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:32:09.464Z"},"topicSlugs":["milton-friedman","mayo-clinic","economic-policy","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-063.mp3","bytes":390833,"durationSec":16.15,"bitrate":193641,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.147Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-063.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-063","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-063","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}