{"conversationCode":"034-149","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":149,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-149","startDateTime":"1972-12-10T17:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-10T23:06:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Dec-1972","startTime":"12:55 PM","endDate":"10-Dec-1972","endTime":"6:06 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On December 10, 1972, the White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 6:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-149 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. 34-149\n\nDate: December 10, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:55 pm and 6:06 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n       Requested call to Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis\n            -Lewis’s location\n                  -Call back","filename":["034-149.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"034-148","nextCode":"034-150","transcript":[{"start":0.6,"end":1.51,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.53,"end":5.36,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Hobart Lewis is en route to another number and should be there within 10 minutes."},{"start":5.42,"end":6.2,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":6.22,"end":9.96,"text":"Can I have a call?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to Hobart D. Lewis. The operator informed the President that Lewis was currently in transit and requested that the President wait approximately ten minutes for him to arrive at his destination. Nixon acknowledged the delay, setting the stage for the operator to facilitate the connection once Lewis became available.","topics":["Hobart D. Lewis","White House communications","scheduling","Presidential telephone calls"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:40:14.447Z"},"topicSlugs":["hobart-d-lewis","white-house-communications","scheduling","presidential-telephone-calls"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-149.mp3","bytes":360745,"durationSec":14.89,"bitrate":193775,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-149.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-149","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-149","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}