{"conversationCode":"036-052","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":52,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-052","startDateTime":"1973-01-22T22:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-22T23:19:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jan-1973","startTime":"5:55 PM","endDate":"22-Jan-1973","endTime":"6:19 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-052 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 36-52\n\nDate: January 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:55 pm and 6:19 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 400-14D]\n\n       Request for a telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["036-052.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-051","nextCode":"036-053","transcript":[{"start":2.51,"end":5.14,"text":"Hague, please."},{"start":5.17,"end":5.47,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. This brief administrative interaction serves as the preliminary step for the President to establish direct communication with his assistant. No further substantive policy discussions occur during this specific exchange.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Communication","White House Operations","Telephone protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:59:55.060Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","communication","white-house-operations","telephone-protocol"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-052.mp3","bytes":281130,"durationSec":11.57,"bitrate":194329,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-052.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-052","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-052","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}