{"conversationCode":"035-042","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-042","startDateTime":"1973-01-01T00:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-01T00:56:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Dec-1972","startTime":"7:55 PM","endDate":"31-Dec-1972","endTime":"7:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:55 pm and 7:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-042 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. 35-42\n\nDate: December 31, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:55 pm and 7:56 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to George E. Allen\n            -Home","filename":["035-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"035-041","nextCode":"035-043","transcript":[{"start":2.75,"end":4.39,"text":"Give me Mr. Allen again, please."},{"start":4.45,"end":5.14,"text":"He's at his home."},{"start":5.72,"end":5.91,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a follow-up call to George E. Allen at his private residence. The brief exchange served to facilitate direct communication between the President and Allen on New Year's Eve. No further details regarding the nature of the intended discussion were recorded during this short administrative interaction.","topics":["George E. Allen","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:44:31.496Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-e-allen","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-042.mp3","bytes":304052,"durationSec":12.52,"bitrate":194282,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}