{"conversationCode":"034-143","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":143,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-143","startDateTime":"1972-12-20T17:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-20T17:49:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Dec-1972","startTime":"12:48 PM","endDate":"20-Dec-1972","endTime":"12:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:48 pm and 12:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-143 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. 34-143\n\nDate: December 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:48 pm and 12:49 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 392-9C]\n\n       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["034-143.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-142","nextCode":"034-144","transcript":[{"start":4.03,"end":6.38,"text":"Oh, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The primary purpose of this brief interaction was to request that a call be placed to Stephen B. Bull. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Stephen B. Bull","Communication logistics","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:39:41.949Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","stephen-b-bull","communication-logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-143.mp3","bytes":291156,"durationSec":12.01,"bitrate":193888,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-143.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-143","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-143","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}