{"conversationCode":"034-080","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":80,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-080","startDateTime":"1972-12-14T20:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-14T20:05:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Dec-1972","startTime":"3:04 PM","endDate":"14-Dec-1972","endTime":"3:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Getty, Jean Paul;","description":"On December 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Jean Paul Getty talked on the telephone from 3:04 pm to 3:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-080 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. 34-80\n\nDate: December 14, 1972\nTime: 3:04 pm - 3:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with J[ean] Paul Getty.\n\n[See Conversation No. 383-1A]\n\n       Birthday greetings\n             -The President’s previous visit to Getty\n             -Tricia Nixon Cox\n                   -10 Downing Street\n             - Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon\n\n       Expression of support","filename":["034-080.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Getty, Jean Paul"],"prevCode":"034-079","nextCode":"034-081","transcript":[{"start":0.84,"end":1.72,"text":"Go ahead, please."},{"start":1.74,"end":2.04,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.81,"end":2.92,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":3.81,"end":6.93,"text":"I just called to wish you a happy 80th birthday."},{"start":7.95,"end":15.09,"text":"Mr. Preston, I can't tell you how much I'm touched by the thought that you, with all your burden of work,"},{"start":15.72,"end":27.98,"text":"Well, we remember our visit there and we came to see you and maybe my daughter may get out late to your party tonight."},{"start":28.46,"end":35.25,"text":"They're going to 10 Downing Street and I don't know, but I just wanted you to know that Mrs. Nixon and I sent our very best."},{"start":35.31,"end":36.99,"text":"We've appreciated your friendship."},{"start":37.68,"end":42.04,"text":"And you have a great life to look back on and a great life to look forward to."},{"start":42.48,"end":45.11,"text":"Well, thank you very much, Mr. President."},{"start":45.29,"end":52.16,"text":"And I can't tell you how much I've been heartened by your wise administration."},{"start":52.17,"end":54.42,"text":"We've still got a few problems, but we'll work them out."},{"start":55.2,"end":58.14,"text":"All right."},{"start":58.22,"end":59.08,"text":"Good luck."},{"start":59.1,"end":61.42,"text":"Thank you very much."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon telephoned Jean Paul Getty to extend warm personal wishes on the occasion of Getty’s 80th birthday. The conversation served to reaffirm their ongoing friendship and included a brief mention of Tricia Nixon Cox’s travel plans to 10 Downing Street. Getty expressed his strong personal support for the President’s administration before the call concluded with mutual well-wishes.","topics":["Jean Paul Getty","Birthday greetings","Diplomatic relations","Tricia Nixon Cox","Executive correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:33:45.439Z"},"topicSlugs":["jean-paul-getty","birthday-greetings","diplomatic-relations","tricia-nixon-cox","executive-correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":66,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-080.mp3","bytes":1595158,"durationSec":66.35,"bitrate":192342,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-080.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-080","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-080","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}