{"conversationCode":"034-124","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":124,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-124","startDateTime":"1972-12-17T20:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-17T20:29:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Dec-1972","startTime":"3:29 PM","endDate":"17-Dec-1972","endTime":"3:29 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 3:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-124 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. 34-124\n\nDate: December 17, 1972\nTime: 3:29 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House Operator.\n\n       Requested Henry A. Kissinger be called","filename":["034-124.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-123","nextCode":"034-125","transcript":[{"start":0.67,"end":1.86,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":1.89,"end":3.97,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a call to his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to facilitate communication between the President and his top foreign policy aide. No further substantive discussions occurred during this brief interaction.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Presidential communication","National Security"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:37:56.825Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","national-security"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-124.mp3","bytes":151301,"durationSec":6.19,"bitrate":195647,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-124.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-124","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-124","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}