{"conversationCode":"019-052","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":52,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-052","startDateTime":"1972-01-24T21:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-24T21:27:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Jan-1972","startTime":"4:20 PM","endDate":"24-Jan-1972","endTime":"4:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:20 pm and 4:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-052 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. 19-52\n\nDate: January 24, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:20 pm and 4:27 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 317-16]\n\n     Request for a call to John N. Mitchell","filename":["019-052.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"019-051","nextCode":"019-053","transcript":[{"start":2.61,"end":3.56,"text":"Attorney General, please."},{"start":3.58,"end":4.02,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Attorney General John N. Mitchell. This brief administrative exchange served as the precursor to a substantive discussion between the President and his Attorney General. No further policy matters were addressed during this specific telephonic connection.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","White House operations","Presidential communications","Attorney General"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:39:46.741Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","attorney-general"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-052.mp3","bytes":198738,"durationSec":8.22,"bitrate":193495,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-052.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-052","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/19/conversation-019-052","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}