{"conversationCode":"035-083","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":83,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-083","startDateTime":"1973-01-04T13:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-04T14:03:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jan-1973","startTime":"8:55 AM","endDate":"4-Jan-1973","endTime":"9:03 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 am and 9:03 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-083 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. 35-83\n\nDate: January 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:55 am and 9:03 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 833-8]\n\f                                              -81-\n\n                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 35-83 (cont’d)\n\n       Request for a call to Paul L. Martin of US News and World Report","filename":["035-083.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"035-082","nextCode":"035-084","transcript":[{"start":2.6,"end":5.31,"text":"You got me Mr. Paul Martin."},{"start":5.37,"end":8.16,"text":"I think he works for the U.S. News and World Report."},{"start":8.2,"end":10.29,"text":"Fine, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Paul L. Martin of U.S. News & World Report. This administrative exchange serves as a request to initiate contact with the journalist for communication purposes. No further substantive discussions occur during this brief connection.","topics":["Paul L. Martin","U.S. News & World Report","Media relations","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:48:21.797Z"},"topicSlugs":["paul-l-martin","u-s-news-and-world-report","media-relations","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-083.mp3","bytes":371135,"durationSec":15.32,"bitrate":193804,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.452Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-083.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-083","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-083","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}