{"conversationCode":"034-074","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":74,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-074","startDateTime":"1972-12-14T18:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-14T18:07:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Dec-1972","startTime":"1:05 PM","endDate":"14-Dec-1972","endTime":"1:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-074 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. 34-74\n\nDate: December 14, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:05 pm and 1:07 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 823-9]\n\n       Request for a call to J[ean] Paul Getty\n            -Location\n                   -London\n            -Birthday\n\f                                             -62-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["034-074.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-073","nextCode":"034-075","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.8,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.46,"end":6.67,"text":"Operator, would you try Mr. Paul Getty in London, please?"},{"start":6.69,"end":7.37,"text":"Yes, I will."},{"start":7.55,"end":8.73,"text":"It's his 80th birthday."},{"start":9.18,"end":10.04,"text":"Oh, very good."},{"start":10.3,"end":10.66,"text":"Okay."},{"start":10.76,"end":12.08,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to initiate a call to J. Paul Getty in London. The purpose of this communication was for the President to extend birthday wishes to Getty in honor of his 80th birthday. The operator confirmed the request and proceeded to facilitate the international connection.","topics":["J. Paul Getty","birthday","diplomatic communications","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:33:11.609Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-paul-getty","birthday","diplomatic-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-074.mp3","bytes":411522,"durationSec":17.03,"bitrate":193354,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.148Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-074.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-074","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-074","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}