{"conversationCode":"034-082","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":82,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-082","startDateTime":"1972-12-14T20:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-14T20:29:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Dec-1972","startTime":"3:25 PM","endDate":"14-Dec-1972","endTime":"3:29 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 3:25 pm and 3:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-082 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. 34-82\n\nDate: December 14, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:25 pm and 3:29 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 383-5]\n\n       Request for a call to Arthur Krock\n            -Health\n            -New York Times\n            -Rose Mary Woods","filename":["034-082.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-081","nextCode":"034-083","transcript":[{"start":4.01,"end":5.36,"text":"I'm calling Mr. Arthur Kroc."},{"start":5.42,"end":8.58,"text":"He's under the weather, but I think he can probably talk on the phone."},{"start":9.04,"end":9.66,"text":"Arthur Kroc?"},{"start":10.11,"end":13.21,"text":"Arthur Kroc, a member of the New York Times, formerly the New York Times."},{"start":13.69,"end":14.02,"text":"All right."},{"start":14.04,"end":15.32,"text":"Rosemary, I think, may have this number."},{"start":15.92,"end":18.77,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Arthur Krock, a prominent former New York Times columnist. Despite reports that Krock was currently in poor health, Nixon expressed a desire to reach him directly. The President advised the operator to consult his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to secure the necessary contact information to complete the call.","topics":["Arthur Krock","New York Times","Rose Mary Woods","White House operations","Journalist relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:33:56.273Z"},"topicSlugs":["arthur-krock","new-york-times","rose-mary-woods","white-house-operations","journalist-relations"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-082.mp3","bytes":570764,"durationSec":23.67,"bitrate":192934,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-082.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-082","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-082","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}