{"conversationCode":"318-034","tapeNumber":318,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-318-034","startDateTime":"1972-02-02T20:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-02T20:30:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1972","startTime":"3:25 PM","endDate":"2-Feb-1972","endTime":"3:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 3:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 318-034 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 318-34\n\nDate: February 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:25 and 3:30 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 20-33]","filename":["318-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:53:58","tapeEnd":"02:54:12","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"318-033","nextCode":"318-035","transcript":[{"start":0.08,"end":4.54,"text":"Hey, old witch."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief, informal communication with the White House operator from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. The exchange consisted of a singular, colloquial greeting rather than a discussion of policy or official business. No substantive developments, decisions, or administrative actions occurred during this brief interaction.","topics":["White House communications","Presidential staff interaction","Informal exchange"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:49:04.739Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","presidential-staff-interaction","informal-exchange"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"318-034.mp3","bytes":187889,"durationSec":4.56,"bitrate":329902,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/318-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/318-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/318/conversation-318-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}