{"conversationCode":"035-004","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-004","startDateTime":"1972-12-26T22:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-26T22:13:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Dec-1972","startTime":"5:12 PM","endDate":"26-Dec-1972","endTime":"5:13 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:12 pm and 5:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-004 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. 35-4\n\nDate: December 26, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:12 pm and 5:13 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n            -Haldeman’s schedule\n                   -Departure for California\n\f                                               -10-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                        (rev. Oct.-07)","filename":["035-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"035-003","nextCode":"035-005","transcript":[{"start":2.33,"end":6.74,"text":"Operator, is Mr. Haldeman left for California if he's here?"},{"start":6.79,"end":8.01,"text":"I'll talk to him if he's left."},{"start":8.03,"end":8.49,"text":"Don't bother."},{"start":8.91,"end":10.48,"text":"I'll check, Mr. President."},{"start":10.5,"end":12.91,"text":"I'm not sure."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to determine if H. R. Haldeman had already departed for California. The brief exchange focused on verifying Haldeman's current whereabouts and availability. Nixon ultimately instructed the operator not to initiate further effort to locate him if he had already left.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Presidential scheduling","White House communications","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:40:58.578Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-scheduling","white-house-communications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-004.mp3","bytes":430064,"durationSec":17.79,"bitrate":193432,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}