{"conversationCode":"034-086","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":86,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-086","startDateTime":"1972-12-15T16:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-15T16:56:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Dec-1972","startTime":"11:29 AM","endDate":"15-Dec-1972","endTime":"11:56 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:29 am and 11:56 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-086 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. 34-86\n\nDate: December 15, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:29 am and 11:56 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 824-2A]\n\n       Request for a call to Michael J. Mansfield\n\f                                             -68-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["034-086.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-085","nextCode":"034-087","transcript":[{"start":0.57,"end":3.43,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.67,"end":5.05,"text":"Mike Mansfield, please."},{"start":5.08,"end":7.21,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to Senate Majority Leader Michael J. Mansfield through the White House operator. The primary purpose of this brief communication is to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and the Senator. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occur during this logistical interaction.","topics":["Michael J. Mansfield","Presidential communication","White House operations","Senate leadership"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:34:18.322Z"},"topicSlugs":["michael-j-mansfield","presidential-communication","white-house-operations","senate-leadership"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-086.mp3","bytes":296169,"durationSec":12.2,"bitrate":194209,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.150Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-086.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-086","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-086","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}