{"conversationCode":"035-061","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":61,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-061","startDateTime":"1973-01-02T20:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-02T20:10:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jan-1973","startTime":"3:05 PM","endDate":"2-Jan-1973","endTime":"3:10 PM","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 3:05 pm and 3:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-061 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. 35-61\n\nDate: January 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:05 pm and 3:10 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 393-1C]\n\n       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull\n\f                                               -58-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["035-061.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"035-060","nextCode":"035-062","transcript":[{"start":2.14,"end":3.31,"text":"Steve Ball, please."},{"start":3.94,"end":4.41,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone communication through the White House operator to contact Stephen B. Bull. The purpose of this call was to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and his aide. No further policy or strategic developments occurred during this administrative exchange.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House communications","administrative logistics","presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:46:16.047Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-communications","administrative-logistics","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-061.mp3","bytes":243866,"durationSec":10.03,"bitrate":194573,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.450Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-061.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-061","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-061","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}