{"conversationCode":"036-117","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":117,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-117","startDateTime":"1973-01-30T18:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-30T18:22:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jan-1973","startTime":"1:20 PM","endDate":"30-Jan-1973","endTime":"1:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-117 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. 36-117\n\nDate: January 30, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:20 pm and 1:22 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 406-9]\n\n       Request for a telephone call to Patrick J. Buchanan","filename":["036-117.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-116","nextCode":"036-118","transcript":[{"start":4.62,"end":5.21,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":5.27,"end":7.2,"text":"Buchanan, please."},{"start":7.22,"end":7.77,"text":"Pat Buchanan."},{"start":7.79,"end":8.88,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call with Pat Buchanan. The interaction served strictly as a logistical request to connect the President with his advisor. No substantive policy matters or discussions were addressed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Pat Buchanan","Communication","White House operations","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:06:09.289Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-buchanan","communication","white-house-operations","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-117.mp3","bytes":385832,"durationSec":15.95,"bitrate":193561,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-117.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-117","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-117","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}