{"conversationCode":"019-027","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-027","startDateTime":"1972-01-20T14:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-20T15:47:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jan-1972","startTime":"9:38 AM","endDate":"20-Jan-1972","endTime":"10:47 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:38 am and 10:47 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-027 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. 19-27\n\nDate: January 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:38 am and 10:47 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's schedule","filename":["019-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"019-026","nextCode":"019-028","transcript":[{"start":2.83,"end":3.88,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":3.9,"end":5.98,"text":"President, Mr. Haldeman is in the East Room briefing."},{"start":6,"end":7.11,"text":"Should I interrupt him?"},{"start":7.12,"end":7.91,"text":"Oh, he's in the briefing."},{"start":7.97,"end":8.33,"text":"That's right."},{"start":8.35,"end":10.19,"text":"He'll be in his office in about 10 minutes."},{"start":10.47,"end":12.56,"text":"Oh, that's fine."},{"start":12.58,"end":13.1,"text":"All right."},{"start":13.12,"end":13.26,"text":"Fine."},{"start":13.3,"end":13.9,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to determine if he should interrupt H. R. Haldeman during a briefing in the East Room. Upon learning that Haldeman would be available in his office shortly, Nixon decided to wait for his return. This exchange functioned as a brief coordination effort to facilitate a follow-up conversation between the President and his Chief of Staff.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House operations","Scheduling","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:37:27.002Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","scheduling","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-027.mp3","bytes":352338,"durationSec":14.62,"bitrate":192814,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/19/conversation-019-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}