{"conversationCode":"036-121","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":121,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-121","startDateTime":"1973-01-30T23:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-30T23:56:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jan-1973","startTime":"6:51 PM","endDate":"30-Jan-1973","endTime":"6:56 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 6:51 pm and 6:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-121 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. 36-121\n\nDate: January 30, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:51 pm and 6:56 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 406-27]\n\n       Request for a telephone call to Patrick J. Buchanan","filename":["036-121.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-120","nextCode":"036-122","transcript":[{"start":1.92,"end":3.73,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection to his advisor, Patrick J. Buchanan. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to initiate communication with a member of the President's staff. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief request for the operator's assistance.","topics":["Patrick J. Buchanan","White House operations","Presidential communication","Staff management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:06:31.086Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-j-buchanan","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","staff-management"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-121.mp3","bytes":243517,"durationSec":10.03,"bitrate":194295,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-121.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-121","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-121","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}