{"conversationCode":"019-039","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-039","startDateTime":"1972-01-24T03:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-24T03:07:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jan-1972","startTime":"10:04 PM","endDate":"23-Jan-1972","endTime":"10:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:04 pm and 10:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-039 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. 19-39\n\nDate: January 23, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:04 pm and 10:07 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["019-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"019-038","nextCode":"019-040","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.96,"text":"Yes, sir?"},{"start":4.98,"end":5.86,"text":"I'd like a kiss on your face."},{"start":5.88,"end":6.67,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to request a connection to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This casual interaction serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate an urgent communication between the President and his top foreign policy aide. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occur during this short bridge call.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communications","National Security","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:38:33.369Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","national-security","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-039.mp3","bytes":193723,"durationSec":8.01,"bitrate":193560,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/19/conversation-019-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}