{"conversationCode":"034-135","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":135,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-135","startDateTime":"1972-12-20T00:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-20T01:07:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Dec-1972","startTime":"7:44 PM","endDate":"19-Dec-1972","endTime":"8:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 at an unknown time between 7:44 pm and 8:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-135 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. 34-135\n\nDate: December 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:44 pm and 8:07 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Richard G. Kleindienst","filename":["034-135.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-134","nextCode":"034-136","transcript":[{"start":0.72,"end":4.79,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.82,"end":6.42,"text":"Attorney General, quiet please."},{"start":6.44,"end":10.31,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an urgent call to Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst. The conversation served primarily as an administrative request to facilitate this communication. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Richard G. Kleindienst","Attorney General","White House communications","administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:38:57.595Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-g-kleindienst","attorney-general","white-house-communications","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-135.mp3","bytes":368266,"durationSec":15.23,"bitrate":193484,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-135.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-135","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-135","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}