{"conversationCode":"035-054","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":54,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-054","startDateTime":"1973-01-02T15:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-02T15:20:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jan-1973","startTime":"10:16 AM","endDate":"2-Jan-1973","endTime":"10:20 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:20 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-054 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. 35-54\n\nDate: January 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:16 am and 10:20 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["035-054.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"035-053","nextCode":"035-055","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":3.78,"text":"Steve Ball, please."},{"start":3.94,"end":4.51,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an immediate telephone connection with his aide, Stephen B. Bull. This brief administrative interaction served solely as a logistical request to initiate a follow-up conversation with a member of the presidential staff. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Presidential communication","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:45:37.137Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-054.mp3","bytes":268321,"durationSec":11.04,"bitrate":194435,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-054.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-054","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-054","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}