{"conversationCode":"036-069","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":69,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-069","startDateTime":"1973-01-23T16:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-23T16:44:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jan-1973","startTime":"11:31 AM","endDate":"23-Jan-1973","endTime":"11:44 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 11:44 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-069 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. 36-69\n\nDate: January 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:31 am and 11:44 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 404-6B]\n\n       H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s call to John B. Connally\n             -Connally’s location","filename":["036-069.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-068","nextCode":"036-070","transcript":[{"start":3.19,"end":17.13,"text":"like for you to get secretary connolly on the phone it is uh it is somewhat urgent and uh he's i think he's in jamaica now if it's an open line"},{"start":17.78,"end":19.68,"text":"What are your lines, Jamaica?"},{"start":19.77,"end":21.55,"text":"Is there a cable or is it an open line radio?"},{"start":21.67,"end":22.21,"text":"Do you know?"},{"start":22.23,"end":23.27,"text":"Well, I'm not sure."},{"start":23.29,"end":24.87,"text":"I think it's an open line."},{"start":25.51,"end":26.91,"text":"We go through the commercial operator."},{"start":27.27,"end":34.88,"text":"Well, what I meant is you don't know whether or not you do it by radio there or like you do at Walker's or whether it's a... Well, I could double check for you."},{"start":35,"end":35.22,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":35.4,"end":36.48,"text":"Well, anyway, you can find out."},{"start":36.52,"end":36.83,"text":"All right."},{"start":38.33,"end":45.88,"text":"Mr. Haldeman, the call is from Mr. Haldeman, but I'm Mr. Haldeman to Secretary Connolly, wherever he is, as soon as you can."},{"start":45.94,"end":46.03,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to facilitate an urgent call between Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman and former Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally. The discussion focuses on determining Connally's current location in Jamaica and evaluating the security of communication lines, specifically whether the call can be placed via a secure channel or must go through a commercial operator. The President prioritizes establishing contact with Connally as quickly as possible.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","John B. Connally","White House communications","Telephone security","Jamaica"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:01:32.691Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","john-b-connally","white-house-communications","telephone-security","jamaica"],"audioDurationSec":55,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-069.mp3","bytes":1331257,"durationSec":55.35,"bitrate":192424,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-069.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-069","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-069","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}