{"conversationCode":"329-059","tapeNumber":329,"conversationNumber":59,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-329-059","startDateTime":"1972-04-16T15:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-16T18:00:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1972","startTime":"10:55 AM","endDate":"16-Apr-1972","endTime":"1:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 16, 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 10:55 am and 1:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 329-059 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. 329-59\n\nDate: April 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:55 am and 1:00 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 22-136]","filename":["329-059.mp3"],"tapeStart":"06:15:47","tapeEnd":"06:16:06","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"329-058","nextCode":"329-060","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":2.25,"text":"Give me the military aid's office, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief administrative call from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. He requests that the White House operator connect him to the military aide's office. This recording serves as a functional request to facilitate communication with military staff.","topics":["White House operations","Military aide","Presidential communications","Administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:24:20.357Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","military-aide","presidential-communications","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"329-059.mp3","bytes":252656,"durationSec":6.18,"bitrate":326851,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.906Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/329-059.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/329-059","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/329/conversation-329-059","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}