{"conversationCode":"036-072","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":72,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-072","startDateTime":"1973-01-23T17:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-23T17:43:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jan-1973","startTime":"12:40 PM","endDate":"23-Jan-1973","endTime":"12:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator;","description":"On January 23, 1973, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 12:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-072 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. 36-72\n\nDate: January 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:40 pm and 12:43 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 404-11B]\n\n       Request for a telephone call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["036-072.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-071","nextCode":"036-073","transcript":[{"start":0.5,"end":3.06,"text":"This is Haldeman."},{"start":3.08,"end":5.27,"text":"Would you get me Dr. Kissinger on the plane, please?"},{"start":5.29,"end":6.5,"text":"Yes, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with Henry Kissinger, who is currently traveling by aircraft. The primary purpose of this brief exchange is to facilitate direct communication between the Chief of Staff and the National Security Advisor. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this connection attempt.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Henry Kissinger","White House communications","National security","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:01:52.069Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","national-security","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-072.mp3","bytes":293677,"durationSec":12.11,"bitrate":194059,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-072.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-072","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-072","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}