{"conversationCode":"034-153","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":153,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-153","startDateTime":"1972-12-17T14:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-17T14:56:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Dec-1972","startTime":"9:55 AM","endDate":"17-Dec-1972","endTime":"9:56 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 9:56 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-153 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. 34-153\n\nDate: December 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:55 am and 9:56 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President attempted to place a call with the White House operator.\n\n[Aborted telephone call]","filename":["034-153.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-152","nextCode":"035-001","transcript":[{"start":1.8,"end":2.5,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a call through the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone communication. The attempt was unsuccessful and resulted in an aborted connection. No substantive policy discussions or administrative actions were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential communications","Telephone logs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:40:35.974Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-communications","telephone-logs"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-153.mp3","bytes":230966,"durationSec":9.49,"bitrate":194634,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-153.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-153","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-153","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}