{"conversationCode":"034-121","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":121,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-121","startDateTime":"1972-12-17T20:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-17T20:27:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Dec-1972","startTime":"3:27 PM","endDate":"17-Dec-1972","endTime":"3:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 3:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-121 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. 34-121\n\nDate: December 17, 1972\nTime: 3:27 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["034-121.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-120","nextCode":"034-122","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":3.98,"text":"State bus please."},{"start":4,"end":6.03,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a phone call to his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull. This brief administrative interaction served to facilitate direct communication with a member of the President's immediate staff. No substantive policy discussions or complex decision-making occurred during this short exchange.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Presidential communications","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:37:40.015Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-121.mp3","bytes":291108,"durationSec":12.01,"bitrate":193856,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-121.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-121","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-121","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}