{"conversationCode":"019-050","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":50,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-050","startDateTime":"1972-01-24T21:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-24T21:20:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Jan-1972","startTime":"4:05 PM","endDate":"24-Jan-1972","endTime":"4:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Kissinger, Henry A.; White House operator;","description":"On January 24, 1972, Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-050 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. 19-50\n\nDate: January 24, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:05 pm and 4:20 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nHenry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 317-15E]\n\n     Request for a call to William L. Safire","filename":["019-050.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Kissinger, Henry A.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"019-049","nextCode":"019-051","transcript":[{"start":2.27,"end":4.09,"text":"This is Mr. Kissinger."},{"start":4.11,"end":5.8,"text":"Can you get me Bell Sapphire, please?"},{"start":5.86,"end":7.17,"text":"Surely."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Henry Kissinger contacts the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with William Safire. This administrative interaction serves as the precursor for a direct conversation between the National Security Advisor and the presidential speechwriter. No further policy-related substantive content is recorded in this brief exchange.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","William Safire","White House operations","Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:39:35.828Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","william-safire","white-house-operations","communications"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-050.mp3","bytes":182438,"durationSec":7.53,"bitrate":193881,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-050.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-050","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/19/conversation-019-050","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}