{"conversationCode":"035-127","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":127,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-127","startDateTime":"1973-01-11T13:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-11T14:04:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jan-1973","startTime":"8:36 AM","endDate":"11-Jan-1973","endTime":"9:04 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:36 am and 9:04 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-127 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. 35-127\n\nDate: January 11, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:36 am and 9:04 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 838-10]\n\n       Request for a call to Peter J. Brennan\n            -Brennan’s identity\n                   -Secretary of [Labor]-designate","filename":["035-127.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"035-126","nextCode":"035-128","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":2.74,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.86,"end":7.98,"text":"Operator, Mr. Brennan, the new Secretary of Commerce, please."},{"start":8.02,"end":9.68,"text":"Peter Brennan."},{"start":9.78,"end":10.4,"text":"Peter Brennan."},{"start":10.42,"end":12.47,"text":"Surely."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Peter J. Brennan. While Nixon initially identified Brennan as the Secretary of Commerce, he was actually the Secretary of Labor-designate. The call was initiated to establish direct communication with the incoming cabinet member.","topics":["Peter J. Brennan","Cabinet appointments","Department of Labor","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:52:28.520Z"},"topicSlugs":["peter-j-brennan","cabinet-appointments","department-of-labor","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-127.mp3","bytes":418785,"durationSec":17.31,"bitrate":193583,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-127.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-127","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-127","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}