{"conversationCode":"034-130","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":130,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-130","startDateTime":"1972-12-19T17:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-19T17:08:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Dec-1972","startTime":"12:07 PM","endDate":"19-Dec-1972","endTime":"12:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 12:07 pm to 12:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-130 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. 34-130\n\nDate: December 19, 1972\nTime: 12:07 pm - 12:08 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 826-7A]\n\n       Call to Joseph R. Biden, Jr.","filename":["034-130.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-129","nextCode":"034-131","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":6.73,"text":"Could you get the new senator from Delaware, Mr. Biden, on the phone, please?"},{"start":7.03,"end":8,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Senator-elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr. of Delaware. The objective of this brief administrative request was to establish direct communication with the incoming legislator. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this connection attempt.","topics":["Joseph R. Biden, Jr.","White House operator","Senator-elect","Presidential communication","Delaware"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:38:29.909Z"},"topicSlugs":["joseph-r-biden-jr","white-house-operator","senator-elect","presidential-communication","delaware"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-130.mp3","bytes":332510,"durationSec":13.73,"bitrate":193695,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-130.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-130","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-130","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}