{"conversationCode":"034-107","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":107,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-107","startDateTime":"1972-12-17T05:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-17T14:52:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Dec-1972","startTime":"12:02 AM","endDate":"17-Dec-1972","endTime":"9:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:02 am and 9:52 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-107 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. 34-107\n\nDate: December 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:02 am and 9:52 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler\n\f                                               -86-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["034-107.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-106","nextCode":"034-108","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":3.89,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.91,"end":4.23,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.31,"end":5.72,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief administrative request to the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The interaction served solely as a functional bridge to reach a key staff member during the President’s early morning hours. No substantive policy matters or broader political discussions occurred during this exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","administrative communication","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:36:20.349Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","administrative-communication","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-107.mp3","bytes":306828,"durationSec":12.67,"bitrate":193786,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.152Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-107.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-107","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-107","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}