{"conversationCode":"035-074","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":74,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-074","startDateTime":"1973-01-03T19:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-03T19:59:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jan-1973","startTime":"2:52 PM","endDate":"3-Jan-1973","endTime":"2:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:52 pm and 2:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-074 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. 35-74\n\nDate: January 3, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:52 pm and 2:59 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 831-14]\n\n       Request for a call to Gerald R. Ford and Thomas P. (“Tip”) O'Neill, Jr.","filename":["035-074.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"035-073","nextCode":"035-075","transcript":[{"start":0.66,"end":2.85,"text":"That's all right."},{"start":2.87,"end":6.22,"text":"Congressman Ford, Mr. O'Neill, please."},{"start":6.34,"end":7.29,"text":"They've called me."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place calls to Congressman Gerald R. Ford and Tip O'Neill. The President initiated this outreach in response to previous calls he had received from both men. This communication suggests an effort to engage with key congressional leadership regarding urgent legislative or political business.","topics":["Gerald R. Ford","Tip O'Neill","Congressional relations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:47:31.418Z"},"topicSlugs":["gerald-r-ford","tip-oneill","congressional-relations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-074.mp3","bytes":347938,"durationSec":14.35,"bitrate":194017,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-074.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-074","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-074","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}