{"conversationCode":"035-097","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":97,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-097","startDateTime":"1973-01-08T18:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-08T19:56:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Jan-1973","startTime":"1:45 PM","endDate":"8-Jan-1973","endTime":"2:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 2:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-097 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. 35-97\n\nDate: January 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:45 pm and 2:56 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 394-13]\n\n       Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["035-097.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"035-096","nextCode":"035-098","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":4.59,"text":"Mr. Sigler, please."},{"start":4.61,"end":5.65,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to connect the President with his staff member. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Ronald L. Ziegler","communication protocols","administrative tasks"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:49:41.092Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","ronald-l-ziegler","communication-protocols","administrative-tasks"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-097.mp3","bytes":294021,"durationSec":12.12,"bitrate":194073,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-097.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-097","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-097","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}