{"conversationCode":"322-034","tapeNumber":322,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-322-034","startDateTime":"1972-03-09T18:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-09T18:57:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Mar-1972","startTime":"1:51 PM","endDate":"9-Mar-1972","endTime":"1:57 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 9, 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 1:51 pm and 1:57 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 322-034 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. 322-34\n\nDate: March 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:51 pm and 1:57 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 21-35]\n\n     Call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["322-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:44:47","tapeEnd":"01:44:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"322-033","nextCode":"322-035","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":3.87,"text":"Here."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon utilized the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection to his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate further communication with his staff. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:00:17.049Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"322-034.mp3","bytes":159660,"durationSec":3.85,"bitrate":331888,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/322-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/322-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/322/conversation-322-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}