{"conversationCode":"036-070","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":70,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-070","startDateTime":"1973-01-23T16:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-23T17:08:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jan-1973","startTime":"11:55 AM","endDate":"23-Jan-1973","endTime":"12:08 PM","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 11:55 am and 12:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-070 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. 36-70\n\nDate: January 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:55 am and 12:08 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\f                                              -45-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n[See also Conversation No. 404-9]\n\n       Request for a telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["036-070.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-069","nextCode":"036-071","transcript":[{"start":3.47,"end":4.91,"text":"Colonel Haig, please."}],"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 a bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and his top aide. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occur during this brief exchange.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Presidential communication","White House operations","Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:01:38.228Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","presidential-communication","white-house-operations","administration"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-070.mp3","bytes":304958,"durationSec":12.57,"bitrate":194034,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.774Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-070.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-070","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-070","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}