{"conversationCode":"001-019","tapeNumber":1,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-001-019","startDateTime":"1971-04-08T03:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-08T03:20:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Apr-1971","startTime":"10:20 PM","endDate":"7-Apr-1971","endTime":"10:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-019 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 1-19\n\nDate: April 7, 1971\nTime: 10:20 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's location","filename":["001-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:51:07","tapeEnd":"00:51:19","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"001-018","nextCode":"001-020","transcript":[{"start":0.19,"end":0.87,"text":"The president."},{"start":1.43,"end":2.05,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.09,"end":4.04,"text":"Mr. Haldeman's in Roots' home, sir."},{"start":4.46,"end":5.88,"text":"May I leave work at his home?"},{"start":5.9,"end":5.98,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":6.06,"end":6.44,"text":"All right."},{"start":6.75,"end":6.88,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested the location of his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman, from the White House operator. After the operator identified that Haldeman was at the home of someone named Roots, the President authorized the operator to leave a message or work-related information at that residence. This brief administrative exchange confirms the logistical efforts required to maintain contact with key staff during evening hours.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T20:41:57.681Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"001-019.mp3","bytes":185572,"durationSec":7.64,"bitrate":194210,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.569Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/001-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/1/conversation-001-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}