{"conversationCode":"034-122","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":122,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-122","startDateTime":"1972-12-17T20:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-17T20:28:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Dec-1972","startTime":"3:27 PM","endDate":"17-Dec-1972","endTime":"3:28 PM","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 3:27 pm and 3:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-122 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. 34-122\n\nDate: December 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:27 pm and 3:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President spoke with the White House operator.\n\n       Stephen B. Bull's schedule\n            -Football game\n\n       Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["034-122.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-121","nextCode":"034-123","transcript":[{"start":0.42,"end":1.34,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.36,"end":4.21,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Bull is at the football game."},{"start":4.23,"end":4.85,"text":"That's fine."},{"start":4.99,"end":8.6,"text":"Let's see if Mr. Hall is available, please."},{"start":8.62,"end":11.19,"text":"Sure."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to arrange contact with his staff regarding scheduling and communication. After learning that Stephen B. Bull was unavailable due to his attendance at a football game, Nixon directed the operator to attempt to reach H. R. Haldeman instead. This brief exchange highlights the President's efforts to maintain administrative connectivity while his aides were away from their posts.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Staff scheduling","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:37:45.635Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","staff-scheduling","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-122.mp3","bytes":389582,"durationSec":16.11,"bitrate":193500,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-122.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-122","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-122","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}