{"conversationCode":"034-113","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":113,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-113","startDateTime":"1972-12-17T15:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-17T15:49:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Dec-1972","startTime":"10:09 AM","endDate":"17-Dec-1972","endTime":"10:49 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 10:09 am and 10:49 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-113 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. 34-113\n\nDate: December 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:09 am and 10:49 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["034-113.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-112","nextCode":"034-114","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":4.99,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, please."},{"start":5.21,"end":7.42,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This brief exchange served as a logistical precursor to a high-level policy discussion between the President and his advisor. The call highlights the established communication procedures used by the President to facilitate direct, secure contact with his top foreign policy official during the height of the Vietnam peace negotiations.","topics":["Henry A. Kissinger","White House communications","Foreign policy","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:36:54.460Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-a-kissinger","white-house-communications","foreign-policy","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-113.mp3","bytes":300560,"durationSec":12.39,"bitrate":194118,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-113.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-113","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-113","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}