{"conversationCode":"034-098","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":98,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-098","startDateTime":"1972-12-16T18:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-16T20:25:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Dec-1972","startTime":"1:35 PM","endDate":"16-Dec-1972","endTime":"3:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 3:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-098 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. 34-98\n\nDate: December 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:35 pm and 3:25 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\f                                                 -81-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 34-98 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 382-8]\n\n       Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["034-098.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-097","nextCode":"034-099","transcript":[{"start":1.09,"end":6,"text":"Uh, Mr. Sickler, please."},{"start":6.14,"end":7.63,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call. The primary purpose of this interaction was to reach Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. No further substantive discussion occurred during this brief request for assistance.","topics":["White House operations","Ronald L. Ziegler","Presidential communications","White House staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:35:25.794Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","ronald-l-ziegler","presidential-communications","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-098.mp3","bytes":343812,"durationSec":14.2,"bitrate":193696,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.151Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-098.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-098","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-098","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}