{"conversationCode":"034-068","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":68,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-068","startDateTime":"1972-12-14T01:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-14T01:55:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Dec-1972","startTime":"8:54 PM","endDate":"13-Dec-1972","endTime":"8:55 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 8:54 pm and 8:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-068 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. 34-68\n\nDate: December 13, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:54 pm and 8:55 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["034-068.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-067","nextCode":"034-069","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":5.01,"text":"General Haig, please."},{"start":5.22,"end":7.75,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief exchange served solely as a logistical request to establish a telephone connection with the General. No further policy or strategic matters were discussed during this short administrative interaction.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Communication logistics","White House operator","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:32:38.036Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","communication-logistics","white-house-operator","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-068.mp3","bytes":306196,"durationSec":12.63,"bitrate":193999,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-068.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-068","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-068","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}