{"conversationCode":"034-102","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":102,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-102","startDateTime":"1972-12-16T20:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-16T21:27:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Dec-1972","startTime":"3:45 PM","endDate":"16-Dec-1972","endTime":"4:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator;","description":"On December 16, 1972, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 4:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-102 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. 34-102\n\nDate: December 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:45 pm and 4:27 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 382-13C]\n\n       Call to Anne L. Armstrong\n             -Attempts to locate\n                  -Mayflower Hotel","filename":["034-102.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-101","nextCode":"034-103","transcript":[{"start":2.04,"end":3.42,"text":"Any luck on Ann Armstrong?"},{"start":3.44,"end":3.74,"text":"No."},{"start":4.71,"end":10.46,"text":"No, Captain saw her a few minutes ago, and he thought she was going to the elevator, but I'm not getting an answer, and he's checked around and couldn't find her."},{"start":10.58,"end":11.54,"text":"She's over at the hotel."},{"start":11.6,"end":12.56,"text":"Yes, at the Mayflower."},{"start":14.57,"end":14.77,"text":"Mm-hmm."},{"start":14.79,"end":15.93,"text":"You want me to keep after it?"},{"start":16.23,"end":16.33,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":16.35,"end":17.11,"text":"All right."},{"start":17.56,"end":18.8,"text":"Very good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman coordinates with the White House operator in an attempt to reach Anne L. Armstrong, who is believed to be at the Mayflower Hotel. Despite sightings of Armstrong near an elevator, the operator reports an inability to locate or contact her. Haldeman instructs the operator to continue efforts to establish a connection.","topics":["Anne L. Armstrong","H. R. Haldeman","White House communications","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:35:48.020Z"},"topicSlugs":["anne-l-armstrong","h-r-haldeman","white-house-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-102.mp3","bytes":604626,"durationSec":25.07,"bitrate":192965,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-102.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-102","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-102","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}