{"conversationCode":"019-008","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-008","startDateTime":"1972-01-19T18:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-19T18:44:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jan-1972","startTime":"1:43 PM","endDate":"19-Jan-1972","endTime":"1:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Tkach, Walter R.;","description":"On January 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Walter R. Tkach talked on the telephone from 1:43 pm to 1:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 19-8\n\nDate: January 19, 1972\nTime: 1:43 pm - 1:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Gen. Walter R. Tkach.\n\n[See Conversation No. 315-11]\n\n     Fina Sanchez\n          -Schedule\n          -Manolo Sanchez's conversation with the President\n          -Health\n          -Tkach's staff","filename":["019-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Tkach, Walter R."],"prevCode":"019-007","nextCode":"019-009","transcript":[{"start":1.04,"end":1.68,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.72,"end":2.83,"text":"Dr. Takashi."},{"start":2.87,"end":3.17,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":3.37,"end":12.24,"text":"Walter, Tina got back from Spain yesterday afternoon, and Manolo said she has a case of flu."},{"start":12.72,"end":13.5,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":13.52,"end":15.14,"text":"And she won't ask herself."},{"start":15.22,"end":18.75,"text":"I'd like for you or one of your fellows to go up and check and give her something."},{"start":18.77,"end":19.27,"text":"Will you do that?"},{"start":19.39,"end":19.69,"text":"Right, sir."},{"start":19.77,"end":20.21,"text":"Immediately."},{"start":20.23,"end":20.49,"text":"Fine."},{"start":20.81,"end":21.13,"text":"Okay."},{"start":21.23,"end":21.85,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted his physician, General Walter R. Tkach, to request medical attention for Fina Sanchez, who had recently returned from Spain with the flu. Nixon expressed concern for her health and directed Tkach to personally see to her care or send a member of his staff immediately. Tkach agreed to follow the President's instructions to provide the necessary treatment.","topics":["Fina Sanchez","Walter R. Tkach","Medical care","Presidential staff","Influenza"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:35:42.806Z"},"topicSlugs":["fina-sanchez","walter-r-tkach","medical-care","presidential-staff","influenza"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-008.mp3","bytes":556720,"durationSec":23.12,"bitrate":192627,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/019/conversation-019-008","catalogNaId":417192335,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417192335","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}