{"conversationCode":"014-099","tapeNumber":14,"conversationNumber":99,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-014-099","startDateTime":"1971-11-15T03:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-15T03:05:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Nov-1971","startTime":"10:04 PM","endDate":"14-Nov-1971","endTime":"10:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Sanbuchi, Ralph A.;","description":"On November 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Ralph A. Sanbuchi talked on the telephone from 10:04 pm to 10:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-099 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 14-99\n\nDate: November 14, 1971\nTime: 10:04 pm - 10:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Ralph A. Sambuchi\n\nThe President talked with Sambuchi.\n\n     Washington Star story regarding Sambuchi\n         -Location","filename":["014-099.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:16:31","tapeEnd":"03:17:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Sanbuchi, Ralph A."],"prevCode":"014-098","nextCode":"014-100","transcript":[{"start":1.84,"end":4.28,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":4.34,"end":10.09,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":14.33,"end":16.06,"text":"Captain, I understand you're on leave."},{"start":16.08,"end":16.74,"text":"Yes, sir, I am."},{"start":16.94,"end":17.64,"text":"Well, that's great."},{"start":17.82,"end":30.7,"text":"I just wanted you to know that I read about you in Star, and I was so very proud that we have a fellow that served this country, has done so much and sacrificed so much, and..."},{"start":30.95,"end":35.77,"text":"still has his morale, and you do a lot for all of us by the way you've come through all this."},{"start":36.05,"end":38.94,"text":"Well, you've been doing an awful lot for us, too, sir."},{"start":38.96,"end":45.65,"text":"Well, I just wish I could do more, and I wish I could be in your place, but believe me, that's a great story, and you just keep fighting."},{"start":46.2,"end":46.71,"text":"Yes, sir, I will."},{"start":46.73,"end":47.51,"text":"And we'll do the same."},{"start":48.01,"end":48.19,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":48.21,"end":49.17,"text":"We're not going to let you down."},{"start":49.91,"end":50.19,"text":"Right, sir."},{"start":50.21,"end":51.01,"text":"Okay, good luck."},{"start":51.03,"end":51.45,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated this call to personally commend Captain Ralph A. Sambuchi after reading a favorable article about him in the Washington Star. The President expressed his profound gratitude for Sambuchi's service and sacrifices, highlighting the inspiration the Captain's high morale provided to the administration. This brief interaction served as a gesture of moral support and public recognition for a wounded veteran.","topics":["Ralph A. Sambuchi","Washington Star","Military service","Public relations","Veteran affairs","Presidential outreach"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:05:28.853Z"},"topicSlugs":["ralph-a-sambuchi","washington-star","military-service","public-relations","veteran-affairs","presidential-outreach"],"audioDurationSec":53,"audioFiles":[{"file":"014-099.mp3","bytes":1700835,"durationSec":53.03,"bitrate":256560,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.322Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/014-099.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-099","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/14/conversation-014-099","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}