{"conversationCode":"034-126","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":126,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-126","startDateTime":"1972-12-18T18:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-18T18:15:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Dec-1972","startTime":"1:14 PM","endDate":"18-Dec-1972","endTime":"1:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-126 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. 34-126\n\nDate: December 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:14 pm and 1:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 381-11A]\n\n       Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["034-126.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-125","nextCode":"034-127","transcript":[{"start":0.42,"end":2.87,"text":"Ziegler, please."},{"start":3.75,"end":4.52,"text":"Mr. Ziegler, please."},{"start":4.54,"end":6.23,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to White House Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The purpose of the exchange is solely to request that the operator connect him to Ziegler. No further substantive policy or strategic discussions occur during this brief interaction.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:38:08.012Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-126.mp3","bytes":272971,"durationSec":11.25,"bitrate":194055,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-126.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-126","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-126","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}