{"conversationCode":"019-034","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-034","startDateTime":"1972-01-20T18:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-20T18:29:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jan-1972","startTime":"1:29 PM","endDate":"20-Jan-1972","endTime":"1:29 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 1:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-034 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. 19-34\n\nDate: January 20, 1972\nTime: 1:29 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 652-3C]\n\n     William C. Lewis’s location\n          -Return call","filename":["019-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"019-033","nextCode":"019-035","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.27,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.4,"end":3.66,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Bill Lewis is out to lunch."},{"start":3.68,"end":5.59,"text":"He didn't leave word where he was going to eat."},{"start":5.61,"end":7.21,"text":"They expect him back around 2."},{"start":7.33,"end":8.71,"text":"Shall I leave word?"},{"start":8.88,"end":10.06,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to reach William C. Lewis via a phone call placed through the White House operator. Upon learning that Lewis was out to lunch and unavailable, the President instructed the operator to leave a message. The conversation concluded with a brief exchange regarding the expected time of Lewis's return.","topics":["William C. Lewis","White House communications","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:38:05.509Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-c-lewis","white-house-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-034.mp3","bytes":253909,"durationSec":10.52,"bitrate":193109,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/19/conversation-019-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}